Melissa Reynolds was born and raised in Juneau, the capital city of Alaska. Upon graduating from Grand Canyon University with a degree in Exercise Science, she moved to San Diego, California where her oldest daughter was born. For the next several years, she relocated to different states due to military moves. She has 4 children, 3 girls and 1 boy, and each child was born in a different state (Shealy - California, Payton - Alaska, Raylin - Hawaii, Dre - Texas).

Upon her return to San Diego in 2011, Melissa decided to begin her homeschool adventure with her children. She chose Heritage because of the opportunity for her kids to participate in the basketball program. Melissa is now in her 9th year of homeschooling with Heritage. Her 2 oldest daughters are Heritage graduates and her 2 youngest are currently enrolled. All 4 children have been involved with the Heritage Basketball program at some point during the last nine years and one daughter went on to coach for a period time.

In previous years, Melissa had served as the Basketball Club Treasurer, but life changes required her to become employed outside the home full time. Her 2 oldest daughters continued with Heritage with a ton of support from HCS families and friends. Her 2 youngest children attended public school and were each placed into classrooms of Christian teachers as part of God’s plan! By the grace of God, Melissa has since been blessed with the opportunity to work full time from home which has allowed her 2 youngest children to return to Heritage. She was able to manage the responsibility of continuing to homeschool and work full time from home. Melissa acknowledges the tremendous amount of help that HCS friends and families have provided to her and her children over the years. She does not take for granted all of the support and accommodations they have received and continue to receive from Heritage Christian School.

Melissa rejoined the committee as of the 2023-2024 season and is excitedto see what is in store.