FIRM would like to introduce a new member of our team to the community! Melissa Keophithoun has just started as our new Administrative Assistant at FIRM. She was born and raised here in Fresno and graduated from Hoover High School and Fresno City College. Her parents are refugees from Laos who came to California through the sponsorship of Christian families in San Jose and Concord. She speaks Laotian fluently and has a passion to help others in the community, just as her parents were helped when they first came to the United States. Prior to coming on board at FIRM, Melissa was a Client Services Advocate at the Marjaree Mason Center where she helped provide safe and secure housing to victims of domestic violence. Melissa will be a great asset to the clients we serve at FIRM and we look forward to having her on board for years into the future!