Melanie Morey Jeschke a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from the University of Virginia as a Phi Beta Kappa with an Honors degree in English Literature and a minor in European and English History. Melanie lived a semester in Paris and has traveled throughout Europe and the Middle East. A fourth generation pastor's wife, Melanie resides in the Greater Washington, D.C. area with her children and husband Bill.