COMMUNITY ADVOCATE

Melda L.J. Grant

Melda Grant holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Howard University, a Master of
Arts Degree in Counseling from Rider University, and an Ed.S. Degree in Marriage and Family
Therapy from The College of New Jersey. She is currently employed with the Trenton Board of
Education as the Coordinator of the Trenton School Based Youth Services Program, which
provides non-instructional support services to students and their families. Services include
Mental Health Counseling, Expectant and Parenting Teen Support, and Positive Youth
Development programming.
Ms. Grant is committed to the fields of public and mental health. Throughout her experiences
she has developed, implemented, and evaluated various programming, which has included
inner city youth and young adults, adult and juvenile inmates, correctional staff, residential staff,
religious congregations, and the community at-large. She has traveled extensively serving as
Master Trainer of educators and community service providers for various State Departments of
Health, including the United States Virgin Islands. She has also served as a Facilitator for the
New Jersey Human Development Corporation's Project Rebuild - Family to Family Program.
Ms. Grant is a Fellow of Leadership Trenton, Chartering President of the Howard University
Alumni Club of Metropolitan Trenton, Member of Chi Sigma Iota, Chartering Member and Health
Committee Chair of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women - Central New Jersey Chapter, a
Member of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, and a graduate of the 5th
New Jersey State Police Citizen's Academy. She is also certified as a teen Mental Health First
Aid (tMHFA) Instructor.
Ms. Grant is a soloist, and has traveled, recorded, and performed with The Gabriel Hardeman
Delegation of Philadelphia, PA, The Bishop's Choir of Trenton, NJ, and Jubal Entertainment of
Westampton, NJ.
Ms. Grant loves spending time with her family. She especially loves being an aunt, big cousin
and God-mother.