Melaina Cano is a Senior Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.  Melaina helps clients address their entire financial picture and pays close attention to understanding who clients are beyond their investments. This allows her to create financial strategies that enable clients to pursue their goals in a way that reflects their personal experiences and values. With a passion for people and a love of numbers, she thrives on bringing a creative and investigative approach to wealth management. Her focus lies in assisting high-net-worth individuals and multigenerational families plan for the future and achieve their goals.

Melaina is the founder of The Cano Group – established to address the unique challenges and opportunities that individuals face in their financial journey. The Cano Group adopts a holistic approach to wealth management. Starting with an individualized financial plan, the team tailors financial strategies to align with clients’ goals, needs and personal objectives. The Cano Group focuses on working with individuals who are going through life transitions, such as divorce, widowhood, career change, or inheritance. The team helps clients navigate these changes with confidence and clarity, while also addressing their long-term goals and aspirations.

Melaina takes pride in running a successful wealth management group, while balancing the roles of mom, wife, and trusted financial resource to clients. Melaina and her husband are Orange County natives and reside in Irvine with their son and golden retriever. She and her husband enjoy volunteering and devote significant time and resources to help create positive change in the communities in which they live and work. Melaina earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from California State University, Stanislaus where she graduated summa cum laude.