Safe driving crusade is personal for Melissa Valido
And, Melissa Valido cares about what you do on the roads, because it’s her personal mission to end road tragedies and distracted driving. In fact, her passion for safe driving is one of the reasons she is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know. What you do on the road is personal for Valido. In 2014, her stepson Anthony was killed by a distracted driver. He was just shy of turning 20 years old, and killed in an instant. “It rocked the core of my life,” she says. But, it also formed a foundation. “No one should have to lose their Anthony like this. Road tragedies are preventa...