Our Authors

Here’s a list of all of our authors.

Melissa Dlugolecki is a life coach, gut-health educator and energy junkie. All of which she pursued after losing her daughter Leyden Saige to NEC (a sick gut) at Boston Children's Hospital in 2014. After not wanting to live, Melissa realized she had two choices; to remain broken or to take steps to rebuild, in a way that honored her daughter. Her path of bereavement sparked a curiosity in studying how to channel our energy to choose growth and help others do the same. She is the founder of Thrive with Mel-DL, co-founder of MOVE. with Mooch&Mel, a marathon runner, blogger and host of the podcast, Grief, Guts & Green Smoothies.1 Articles


Jamie Holmes started her media career as a broadcaster in the U.S. Army stationed in Southern Europe. She works in television, as a director of marketing, programming and creative. In her second act, she’s embracing her love of writing, yoga, travel and pottery. She lives in Oregon with her teenage daughter and very sassy senior cat, Kitty Purry.1 Articles






Molly Ebert is the founder and president of Social Roadmap. Molly leads a group of high-energy, decisive, problem-solvers that have a passion for working with companies who have a greater reason for being in business. Molly school of thought runs parallel with the Louisiana French term, Lagniappe, meaning 'a little something extra.' She truly believes that each company is unique, and your social media presence should be too. Which is why a great deal of time is spent collaborating to develop a custom approach that has a 'little something extra'!

Prior to founding Social Roadmap, Molly's career path was a little...different. She was an electrician in Mississippi and helped with the rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina then moved to Denver to continue down the path of becoming a general contractor one day. However, she saw a need for small companies to make a big impact while working for a general contractor in Denver. She changed careers and found a passion for helping other businesses increase their social media presence and monetize their paid media budget online.

When she isn't analyzing social media or planning a new adventure, Molly enjoys yoga, hiking and walking her dog, Omar. Molly earned an undergraduate degree in Sports Management with an emphasis on Business Administration from Elon University in North Carolina.


Alexandra Speck received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Columbia University and studied Journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill Graduate School of Journalism. A former actress and comedienne at Upright Citizens Brigade in New York, Alex also wrote the popular blog Crybaby Soup. She worked for more than four years as a reporter for WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR Station, where she won an Edward R. Murrow Award for Writing. She is the author of the novel HONOR GIRL (2018). She grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio and spent summers in Woods Hole. She currently resides on Cape Cod with her two children. Read more at www.alexandraspeck.blog


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