Melissa Levi is a clinical psychologist specialising in older people's mental health and dementia. With over a decade of experience at one of Australia's leading hospitals, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Melissa has helped more than a thousand older people and their families. She is also an honorary clinical fellow, lecturing for the Master of Clinical Psychology program at the University of Technology Sydney and a co-author of The St Vincent's Hospital Handbook of Clinical Psychogeriatrics.

Melissa is committed to educating and empowering families to eliminate fear and uncertainty about later life by better understanding ageing, having the big conversations and planning for the future, so they can take control of their ageing journeys. This mission was the inspiration forWe Need to Talk About Ageing, as well as her online platform,Talking Ageing- resources she wishes had been available for her own family when her grandfather was diagnosed with dementia.