Vantage Risk Voices: Melissa Salazar

Actuary turned underwriting expert Melissa Salazar shares why she made the career switch, discussing her passion for preventative health – both personally and professionally – as Vantage Risk’s Assistant Vice President of Healthcare Underwriting.

Can you share a bit about your career path and what led you to become a Healthcare Liability Underwriter? Honestly, I never thought I’d end up in underwriting. Ever since high school, it had always been my goal to become an actuary. I saw it as an applied form of math, and that was what I wanted to do – I was good at it, and I enjoyed it. So that was my plan, and I stuck to it.