melissa taylor, one of my best friends. she is an educator to students who live rough, impoverished lives. she inspires me because she daily steps out of her own culture and comfort zone to love and teach in a culture foreign to her.

she is truly captured in this photo shoot, because she shines. incredibly so.

she exudes joy and playfulness.

she infuses the lives of others with light.

she loves and gives so incredibly well.

and she is just so dang naturally beautiful.

you change lives every day, melissa taylor.