AEA actress, Melissa Cotton Hunter, gives tips for maintaining family, relationships and self care as someone in the performing arts.

Melissa Hunter is an AEA actor based out of Michigan where she lives with her husband Patrick, two kiddos Christopher and Cotton, and two dogs Franklin Franklin and Elle Woofs. She received a BFA from Kent State and has since worked in various cities around the country. She enjoys reading, hiking, home improvement projects, knitting and donuts.

Book recommendations:
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

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