Melinda Finn’s work as a professional photographer began when she was an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara, serving as a staff photographer for the student newspaper. She has been making photographs in one way or another ever since, working professionally in photojournalism, portraiture, architectural, and other areas of commercial photography. She served as Palomar College’s official photographer for more than 20 years and during that time earned an MFA in photography from Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Currently, she teaches photography at Palomar in addition to working on her own projects, primarily specializing in environmental portraiture.