Melissa Dalton-Bradford is a founding member of the non-profit Mormon Women for Ethical Government, (MWEG), a founding member of the non-profit Their Story is Our Story, an author (Global Mom: A Memoir; On Loss and Living Onward), poet (anthologized in Fire in the Pasture), international consultant on intercultural integration, mother of four children, (three of whom are living), and a devoted Latter-Day Saint. She is married to Randall, who, like her, served a German-speaking mission and with whom she taught at the MTC and BYU. They have since spent 26 years living in Scandinavia, Asia, and central Europe and currently reside in Frankfurt, Germany. They serve as European Area YSA directors, and Melissa is the early morning seminary teacher.
