Melissa Fumero

Melissa Gallo was born in Lyndhurst New Jersey on the 19th of August the 19th of August, 1982. Her birthplace was in Lyndhurst in New Jersey. Her mother who was a housewife and hairdresser was her character model. The father of the family worked in a jewelery store and was a math teacher. Gallo was a child in Guttenberg prior to moving to Lyndhurst at the age of six, grew up there. She and her family spoke Spanish in the home as a family, but after her brother was having issues at school, the parents decided to stop requiring her to learn Spanish. [7] As a child, Gallo enjoyed creating and staging plays. She also began learning dance. After seeing The Secret Garden on Broadway at the age of 10, she became interested in acting. She was enrolled in classes by her parents. She and her peers enjoyed attending theater classes since they focused more on the performance than their physical appearances. She continued taking dance and the drama class until her graduation. The moment she got the acceptance letters for New York University (NYU), which she called her "dream school",[9] she believed she would be unable to go due to the expense. To be sure that she would be able to attend, her parents spent much of their savings, took out numerous loans, and let Gallo reside at their house[10up until the time she emigrated in New York City at age 19. Her graduation was in 2003. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (dramatics) degree.