MELINA TESTIN
Melina Testin was educated at Loyola University Chicago where she earned a BA, summa cum laude in History and a minor in Marketing from the Quinlan School of Business.
Melina's career in the museum industry includes work with the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Smithsonian Institution, South Carolina Historical Society, Society of the Cincinnati, and Lake Placid Olympic Museum.
POW Graphic Novels was published in Chicago in 2022 as a collaboration with the Pritzker Military Museum & Library and Loyola University Chicago. Melina's second graphic novel, Drawn to Freedom was published in Charleston in 2025 by the South Carolina Historical Society.
MILITARY HISTORIAN & GRAPHIC NOVELIST
With a decade of experience in digital illustration, traditional artwork, mural painting, museum education, historical research, exhibit design, creative writing, and public speaking, Melina is open to freelance and contract work.
