Melissa Allegories was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, with ancestry in the Dominican Republic. In 2011, she completed her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (concentrating on drawing, painting, and printmaking) from Florida Atlantic University, where she developed her distinctive artistic style. She graduated magna cum laude, with a general GPA of 3.5/4.0 and 3.7 in her major. As a member of The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS), Melissa aspires to become an influential artist. She hopes to inspire other leaders, advocates, and the community at large. Her vocation is to create aesthetically pleasing and intellectual works of art and support services that positively impact humanity.​

Melissa's artwork is a mixture of creative writing with allegorical representations. Her artistic style has been subconsciously influenced by and developed out of boundless ideas, drawn forth from American culture, universal themes, and an openness to foreign ideology. Her pieces are composed by combining figurative or representational imagery, varying line weight, and quality to imply space and movement using non-linear or atmospheric perspective, integrating overlapping imagery, and using organic and geometric shapes. She exercises a push-and-pull technique and focuses on ethical insights, patterns in nature, and harmony with all things.