Melissa is a friendly, positive, dynamic mom of a toddler and enjoys bringing stories to life!

Focused on commercials, audiobooks, explainer videos and eLearning projects as her primary craft, Melissa has also volunteered her voice for numerous educational materials the Learning Ally in NYC - recording audiobooks for Blind and Dyslexic students and studied the craft under experts in the industry such as Nigel Neale (Seattle, WA), Roger Becker (prominent New York City casting director with Just Voices) and recommended highly by award-winning members of the SOVAS Academy (Society of Voice Arts and Sciences based out of Los Angeles).

She is noted for her warm, engaging, maternal voice and midwestern accent, which pair well with motherly and seductive scripts.

Melissa is a positive, upbeat, voiceover professional and can range from serious to seriously silly and over-the-top. Musically she is a natural Alto, with both the upper resonances of a younger woman, and the diction and lower range of a more mature woman.

Arizona-based (in the winter) and New York City-based (in the summer) female voiceover artist Melissa Del Toro Schaffner vocals are warm, smooth, silky, young, seductive and professional. 

Her educational background is in Electrical Engineering and Project Management, so she is highly familiar with technical, science and management subject-matter. She has also led vision board workshops and recorded her own meditation audios under the influence of great masters like Wayne Dyer, Dale Carnegie, Zig Ziglar, and the personal development mastery of the PSI Seminars complete program (over $10,000 of personal mastery investment).

Age Range - Kid Voices, Teen Male and Female, Early 20s to Late 40s

Specialties - Moms, Heroines, Girl-Next-Door 

Voice Description: Engaging, Enthusiastic, Feminine, Friendly, Host/Interviewer, Inspirational, Professional, Warm, Intelligent, Seductive, Powerful, Upbeat

Accents - American - General American, American - Mid-West, Standard North American, Spanish (Puerto Rican)

Soundalikes: America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin), Rosario Dawson

Professional Grade Home Recording Studio: NT1-A Rode Mic with SE Electronics RF-X Reflexion Filter, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Interface, Thunderbolt Internet Connection, Audio-Technica ATH-M50x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones