Episode 106: In AWE of Melissa Mann-Overcomer Series

Melissa Mann is a special education teacher with the Madison County School System. She has taught both self-contained and collaborative students in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade. Melissa is dually certified in Elementary Education and Special Education. She also has a Master’s in School Counseling and is a certified school counselor. Melissa has presented for the past ten years at Alabama’s state technology conference and at various local conferences. Melissa is also a trainer for Simple K-12, and she enjoys writing devotional blogs.

In this Episode, we discuss:

  • Melissa’s passion for aiding students to overcome the labels that can get placed upon them in our school systems
  • Her personal journey in learning what becoming an overcomer means through the lens of significant challenges in her own life
  • She shares how her evolving faith has rooted her through an early loss of a sibling, a traumatic collision, and a recent cancer diagnosis,
  • And we hear more about her inspirational story to take off survivor to overcomer as a label in her own life.


It can be challenging to fit a person’s life story in a short podcast interview, but we did it here friends. Melissa and I became connected within the past few years through social media, and I am grateful that she came alongside me on my launch team for Lead with FAITH, and I deeply enjoyed hearing more about her incredible story of resilience through this interview today. It is with deep gratitude for her willingness to share that I bring you Melissa Mann’s Overcomer story. 

Connect with Melissa:
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Melissa’s Blog

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