Cloud & Fire Ministries Staff

Melody Rossi

Founder, Executive Director

"The Mother of the Hood"

Melody Rossi has been an advocate and champion for youth from poor communities since 1995. While working as a Special Education teacher at Sepulveda Middle School in North Hills, Melody became aware for the first time that schools in the Northeast San Fernando Valley were some of the worst in the nation. Students were also facing tremendous pressure to join gangs, take and sell drugs, and become involved in crime. Melody’s motto is, “If you don’t like it, change it!” So she did.

In 1999, Melody Rossi founded Cloud and Fire Ministries to provide a place of belonging and safety to children and teens in dangerous neighborhoods. Today, countless youth refer to her as teacher, pastor, mother—or all three. Under her leadership, Cloud and Fire has grown from an after school club to a thriving organization that provides multiple programs and a wide array of services to more than 500 youth each year (read more about Cloud and Fire's history).

Melody Rossi speaks throughout the United States for churches, women’s events, and universities, sharing about her work with at-risk, incarcerated, and gang youth. She is also sought out for her many messages dealing with finding hope after loss. Melody is also the author of an award-winning book entitled: May I Walk You Home? Sharing Christ’s Love with the Dying. In her book, she recounts how her mother, father, and stepmother all came to personal faith while struggling with terminal illness.

If you would to book Melody as a speaker, please contact Christian Speaker Services.