Melissa Running discovered folk dance as a PE credit at her liberal-arts college in the Philadelphia suburbs (yes, she’s a Swattie), where she tried to major in everything. She has lived in the Philly and DC areas as an adult; she calls, writes tunes and dances, plays (piano and some nyckelharpa), and dances wherever she can. Interests outside of dance and her government tech-writing day job include fiber arts, native plants and ecosystems, food, 18th-century material culture, and cats. She is still trying to major in everything.