09/03/2026
Meet Melissa Ens (BA '94), co-host of the Round Trip Stories podcast! 🌎🎙️
Alongside FPU faculty member Tracy Vilanova, the two explore reverse culture shock, global experiences, faith in action and what it means to carry the places we’ve lived with us wherever we go.
Memorable interviews? Learning from experts on how to transition well and thriving as third culture kids. Check out their podcast for alumni interviews, too!
As an FPU student, Melissa learned how to have a vibrant life with Christ, grew as a leader, learned Spanish and got a bilingual teaching credential and went on her first missions trips to Mexico. God used all of those experiences to prepare her for her time as a missionary in Peru, which eventually led to creating this podcast with Tracy!
Now, Melissa is back at FPU as a seminary student, bringing the global stories she’s lived and heard through the podcast into her studies of theology and God’s mission in the world. “For me,” Melissa says, “being back at FPU is another round trip story.”
