Melody received her Bachelor in Music Education at Samford University. She started her career teaching music and after-school programming for kids. She has participated in album work with local talent in Birmingham, and continues to sing and lead worship today.

Melody entered into the fitness industry in 1994, teaching group fitness, personal training and creating high energy classes, conditioning young kids all the way to senior citizens up until 2018. She still teaches pilates reformer today, plays sand volleyball, loves hiking, fishing and paddleboarding. 

She has owned multiple businesses and entered into the world of non-profit in 2010.

For the past 13 years, she has created content and course development, coached women, couples, and families in crisis and served on the board of directors. She is a certified Enneagram Coach, Advanced Life and Executive Coach, Relationship and Trauma Informed Coach and Mental Health Coach. Because of her work with families in crisis, she is passionate about helping the next generation with emotional and relational resilience, and is coming out with a connections and compatibility app for young people in Fall 2023. Melody enjoys speaking and helping people with personal development to gain the tools to live their best life.

Melody resides in Birmingham, Alabama and considers one of her greatest accomplishments her four grown adult children, ages 28, 27, 25, and 23 years old.