Melissa Coates 800-222-3539 ext.625
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Melissa says, ” I grew up in a rough little place called Thunder Bay in Ontario CANADA, a city of about 125 000 located on the tip of Lake Superior. My parents Robert and Betty Coates had already had 3 kids by the time I arrived – 2 brothers, JR and David, and my sister Mary Beth. Yes I am the baby of the family!
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Contrary to what you might think, being the baby didn’t mean I GOT babied. My parents were fairly old when they had me. As you can imagine 3 kids, and my brother JR being just a year old when I was born, didn’t leave my parents with much time or energy to put special attention into me. This was really a blessing. I believe it led me to develop the not-so-conventional ideals and career interests that I have today, and gave me the strength and focus to pursue them in the midst of adversity.
The rest of the members of my family are VERY conventional – my father is a doctor, my mother was a nurse and amateur actress, my 2 brothers are doctors now, and my sister is a university professor with degrees in Philosophy and Psychology. I myself graduated from university with a BS in biology. I had also had plans to be a doctor – of the veterinary medicine kind. Needless-to-say, I didnt exactly continue along this career path. I had developed a strong inclination for doing sports that had started when I was quite young, and this was rivaling my desire to complete medical training. I guess we all know now which route I took. “
