Melissa Jouen passed away in Toronto with her family by her side on April 20, 2022, after a brave battle with cancer. She was 31 years old.

Born on January 2, 1991, in Tahiti, French Polynesia, she emigrated to Canada with her family at the age of 10. After primary school at École Anne-Hébert in Vancouver, she attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School. After one year at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, she went on to study at UBC and graduated in 2013 with a BSc in biology. She then specialized in regulatory affairs by studying at Humber College in Toronto.

Melissa stayed in Toronto to work in the pharmaceutical sector: Leo Pharma, Johnson & Johnson, and Teva. In 2018 she landed her dream job at Roche Canada on the Global Compliance Audit team.

She is survived by her parents Eddie et Camélia and her older brother Didier.

Melissa loved cycling, hiking, reading, movies, music, and most importantly travelling. She set foot in New Zealand, Australia, the Cook Islands, the US, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong-Kong, Costa Rica, Spain, France, Austria, Switzerland, Iceland, and England. However, she remained an islander at heart.

Melissa will be missed but never forgotten.