http://www.gonaples.com/staff/melanie-benfield/<p>Melanie Benfield, who has resided in Naples since 1977, is originally from Hudson, N.C. She is a graduate of Barron Collier High School, attended Central Piedmont Community College and is a graduate of New York Institute of Photography. </p> <p>Melanie serves primarily as the School Page reporter for the Collier Citizen, covering feature stories on local students, teachers and programs in public and private schools in Collier County. She also writes local human interest stories for the Naples and Marco Island newspapers which have appeared in the Naples Daily News, Collier Citizen, Marco Etc., and the Naples Journal.</p>en-us