Terri McFaddin is a former Motown songwriter and two-time Grammy Award winner. She left the music business after being called to the ministry in 1987 and founded Help for the Hurting People, a program designed to help people experiencing family and personal crisis. She now travels speaking at conferences, churches, and prisons across the country. She is a widow and the mother of two adult daughters. McFaddin resides in Altadena, California.