Marlena Graves’ focus is migrant farm workers, migrants traveling from the border, work among groups seeking to address lead paint poisoning and curb police brutality in her community, and poverty. She worked feverishly to stop the separation of children from families and continues to work for immigration reform. Marlena is also laboring to address structural racism and other civil rights abuses. She is the Assistant Professor of Spiritual Formation at Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan University. Marlena loves her husband, three daughters, family of origin, and friends deeply. She hopes that is also true for those whom she encounters.
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