About Melissa (Tugmon) McGlenn

My Story

I’m on a lifelong mission to inspire and empower people, especially women, to achieve a higher level of success both personally and professionally. My goal is to breathe life into people’s personal stories through their every trial and triumph, in hopes of evoking a sense of unshakeable solidarity, resiliency, and compassion in others. Friends describe me as an inquisitive renaissance woman, a risk-taker, self-disciplined, persistent, creative, a lover of knowledge, excellence inclined, and as someone focused on service for the common good of all.

I was born in Central Oregon and raised in Southeast Alaska. Adopted at age 7, I learned to be strong as I rose above every circumstance. Being a victim and conqueror of childhood neglect and multiple abuse experiences, I’ve learned to use my situations as stepping-stones for myself. As a result of being raised in two families, I have eleven brothers/sisters and twenty-four nieces and nephews that I love. Some of my fondest childhood memories include trying to find a berry picking location that didn’t have bears and reeling in my first 65-lb king salmon. I still love fishing and berry picking!  I also picked up a love of traveling after being an exchange student to Russia.  Upon graduating, I spent a year in Egypt and later lived in Italy for three years.

When I started out my first job of summer babysitting at the age of twelve, little did I know that I had begun a career journey in early childhood development. I worked as a nanny abroad, then on a sailboat and eventually worked my way to the position of Interim Director at a large child development center. Then while living in Italy, the culture began to rub off on me, and I discovered I had a natural talent for art and design. So after a 12-yrs working with children, I decided to go back to school to pursue my dream of becoming a professional artist. Being someone who loves projecting the best in everything I do, I got hired to rebuild the CNIC Navy website and to create advertisements for the Morale, Welfare & Recreation Programs just within six months of enrolling in an online degree program for Marketing & Design. While I was completing my degree, I worked as an in-house designer for the Navy and then for Superheat FGH, building my skills and repertoire. Passionate about the creative arts, cultivating community and helping others, I moved back to Oregon in 2012 and began building my current business, Inspired Melissa.

In 2020, I married the love of my life, Kevin and together, our blended family is home to three wonderful boys aged 15, 8 and 6. We are dedicated to providing a safe, love-filled, and encouraging home for our blended family. I work hard to maintain a balance between my personal and professional endeavors, and in my free time, I love to play in my garden, canoe with my husband, and paint.

Outside of my career education, I’ve taken extensive classes and training on topics like communication, neuro-linguistic programming, hypnosis, massage, feminine leadership, storytelling, spirituality, languages(I speak Russian, Arabic, Spanish & Italian), trauma recovery, and various art modalities.

Currently I am most intrigued with the topics of genealogy, forgiveness, medicinal plants & am teaching myself to play the piano.