In 2009, 19-year-old Melissa Avrin lost her life to an eating disorder after a long struggle with bulimia. It was a five year battle that wreaked havoc on her self-esteem, academic success, her friendships and family. Melissa, an aspiring filmmaker and gifted writer, kept a journal to help express her feelings and one entry stood out from the rest. “Someday.... I'll eat breakfast, I'll keep a job for more than 3 weeks, I'll have a boyfriend for more than 10 days, I'll love someone, I'll travel wherever I want, I'll make my family proud, I'll make a movie that will change lives.” This poem became the inspiration for the documentary, "Someday Melissa, the Story of an Eating Disorder, Loss and Hope" that her mother, Judy Avrin, made to create a tool that would help families, health care workers, educators and coaches better understand the devastation of eating disorders and provide a call to action.

Someday Melissa, Inc.

Bulimia, Eating disorders, Eating disorders in adolescence

Markson, Danna (Producer), Cobelli, Jeffrey (Producer), Avrin, Judy (Producer), Cannon, Jeff (Producer), Cobelli, Jeffrey (Director), Lingardo, Alyssa (Performer), Mazzola, Maria (Singer), Someday Melissa, Inc. (Producer), Good For You Productions (Producer)

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Name	Someday Melissa, Inc.
Role	Copyright holder
Telephone	973-464-0437
Address	Post Office Box 146 Totowa, NJ 07511
Email	[email protected]

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