The sunny smile of Melina Soochan is SNAP! Magazine's second cover, shot at 6.30am on a warm summer's day.

A recent graduate from McGill's Music School, Melina now divides her time between a day job at software design firm Dash Computer Solutions and her night job as an up and coming singer/pianist. As charming as she is beautiful, Melina answered a few questions for us so you could learn a little more about this local lovely:

• Q: Three words to describe you:
• A: passionate, hard-working, adventurous
• Q: Favourite place to have a drink with friends:
• A: Crescent street terrasses!
• Q: The first job you ever had:
• A: Harvey's... sigh...
• Q: What's your dream job:
• A: highly paid, touring artist! Or else, CEO of a successful company, where I have 3h lunch breaks and get to wear nice suits everyday!
• Q: If you won an all expenses paid trip, where would you go:
• A: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during Carnaval
• Q: What is your most treasured possession:
• A: my laptop!
• Q: When are you happiest:
• A: in the morning
• Q: Best thing about living in Montreal:
• A: The diversity of the people. And the shopping.