Melanie A. Takahashi has over 20 years of experience as a career counselor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She provides comprehensive career counseling and programming to students and alumni, and presents workshops on career development, graduate school, and job searches. She has developed career fairs and coordinated employer recruitment programs. Takahashi has a Master's in Education from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and has taken graduate courses in educational administration.