CREDENTIALS & STORY
MEET THE FOUNDER
MELISSA JO WISSNER
Melissa Jo Wissner is a health educator, movement specialist, and wellness innovator who transformed her own battle with complex illnesses into a mission to help others heal. With over 35 years of experience in education, functional movement, nutritional therapy, and mind-body restoration, Melissa brings Ivy League training and deeply personal wisdom to every creation under Wellness in the RAW.
That same big-hearted, boots-on-the-ground energy fuels every part of Wellness in the RAW.
She's holds B.S., M.S., Ed.M. degrees and certifications in K-12 Health/PE, Adapted Wellness, Supervisor of Ed., Pilates, Older Adult Fitness, Personal Training and CPR/AED/FIRST AID.
Her path began in education — overhauling school wellness programs, mentoring teachers, and helping students discover their own resilience. But it was her own health journey — through pain, neurological dysfunction, immune chaos, and years of symptoms that never fit neatly into a medical box — that became her greatest teacher. From hospital rooms to healing gardens, from Texas and New Jersey to the cliffs and vitality of Capri, Melissa rebuilt her life one mindful ingredient, one movement, one breath at a time.
As her body reacted to foods, chemicals, fragrances, supplements, medications, stress, temperature, and even movement itself, she dove deeper — studying homeopathics, supplements, detox physiology, oxalates, salicylates, histamine & mitochondrial pathways, anti-inflammatory herbs, functional foods, mineral balancing, trauma physiology, and the chemistry behind why sensitive bodies “react to everything.”
She paired academic training with lived biology, intuition, and obsessive puzzle-solving — creating formulas her own system could finally tolerate.
Wellness in the RAW was born from that healing metamorphosis — a philosophy that healing should be clean, compassionate, and conscious.
Every balm, tonic, and superfood infusion is designed for sensitive systems like her own: low-histamine, low-oxalate, low-salicylate, and free from additives that so often harm instead of heal.
Melissa’s mission is simple yet profound: to empower people to reclaim health naturally — with honesty, heart, and hope.
Through her work, she bridges ancient healing wisdom with modern science, proving that recovery isn’t just about surviving… it’s about rediscovering joy, purpose, and connection along the way.
What she does now is part science, part intuition, part education, and part lived mastery.
And somewhere inside all of this, she's a Texas-born soul making my way through a Jersey world — a helper by nature, a protector by instinct, and someone who has always showed up where people needed care the most. From homeless/addict outreach to disaster response to rescuing every dog who crossed her path… that same heart is woven into every formula she makes.
Wonky bodies need different solutions.
That’s what she creates. ✨