Bringing back old friends and celebrating all the things that have flourished in their lives is a great feeling. InvisiYouth Chat Sessions is now going to be bringing back former podcast guests and catching up with them during the next two seasons…and we’re starting with one of our Celebrity Ambassadors. It’s British actress and disability activist, Melissa Johns. Evolving her career through the years, Melissa has been part of expanding her cofounded nonprofit, TripleC, to assist disabled creatives to grow in their craft, while also landing acting roles on and off the screen, playing series regular, Miss Scott, on the popular ITV period detective show, Grantchester. 

Here’s the Four Hot Takeaways: 

1. At 3:13 Melissa answers hot take questions in Five Second Challenge and shares how she’d spend lottery winnings, why she brings perfume to sets, why her family trip to Italy was super meaningful, and how one of Dominique’s favorite British reality shows would be Melissa’s dream choice to join. 
2. At 13:03 Melissa and Dominique talk about the evolution of her acting career, what makes stage and TV acting unique to each other, her parallel growth in life that coincided with her getting her role on Grantchester and why she loves playing the character so much, the development of representation and accessibility in the acting industry and why momentum needs to continue, and how Melissa might have manifested her role on Grantchester while on Episode 9 of InvisiYouth Chat Sessions...and why we're manifesting a disabled lead on any upcoming season of Bridgerton!
3. STORY TIME Intermission at 36:41 has Melissa sharing her story of how she got engaged on her birthday and the summer solstice and how a bad virus and a hospital visit were also part of her engagement story. 
4. And we end the episode at 44:37 with Melissa and Dominique talking about how her work with TripleC has grown over the years and serves so many people in the creative industry to have support and resources for their growth in their artistic crafts, the advice Melissa would give to those living with chronic illness and disability that are dating and looking for relationships with mutual love, patience and respect, and the one piece of advice Melissa would give to her younger self that all of us should add into our lives.  

Please like, comment, subscribe and share this episode, follow Melissa @melissa_johns_1 on Instagram! And Season 9 of Grantchester premieres on June 16th on Masterpiece on PBS! Please check out the InvisiYouth Charity Shop to buy yourself or someone you care about our limited edition Subtle Activist Color Block bracelet on www.etsy.com/shop/invisiyouthcharity with free shipping globally, and please support InvisiYouth Charity by donating, following and joining our programs and community @invisiyouth!

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