Dr. Melissa Barber

Dr. Melissa Barber is the author of “Thirty Days of Thanks: A Journey Towards Healing and Deliverance” and the CEO of the consulting company, Thirty Days of Thanks. She completed her medical training at the Latin American School of Medicine (LASM) or La Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina (ELAM) in Havana, Cuba, which focuses on community and social medicine. She is currently one of the Principal Investigators of the COVID-19 Community Pesquisa Project, which seeks to investigate the impacts of COVID-19 on South Bronx communities. She is a co-founder of South Bronx Unite and a founding Executive Board Member of the Mott Haven-Port Morris Community Land Stewards, the first ever community land trust in The Bronx. She also serves on the Community Advisory Board of Columbia University’s NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan.

Dr. Barber is an ambassador and advocate for the international maternal-infant organization, the Birthing Project USA: the Underground Railroad for New Life, where she promotes health and wellness, and fights for the lives of women and babies of color. Dr. Barber is a member and co-organizer for the Bronx Parents Autism Support Circle, which educates, provides resources, and supports families with loved ones on the autism spectrum.  Dr. Barber oversees 6am Morning Glory Prayer, a ministry of Jesus Juice. Her passion for youth of color led Dr. Barber to work as Program Coordinator for the ELAM Medical School scholarship program for ten years, facilitating the gifting of free medical education scholarships to over 300 BIPOC students. 

Dr. Barber is a single mother to an amazingly gifted autistic daughter and currently resides where she was born, in the best place on this planet, the South Bronx. Her dreams include creating a one-stop shop, social medicine clinic/wellness center that will bring holistic healing to her community. She would also love to use her book to heal and deliver people from health and social inequities..