Marcia hails from Williamsburg, Virginia with a background in youth development, child advocacy, and law.  Marcia has been passionate for working with youth for as long as she can remember-since her days spent as a tutor/mentor in high school and college.  Her passion for working with youth in foster care truly blossomed after college during the two years she worked at a Maryland group home.  This experience solidified her decision to attend law school and pursue a career in youth advocacy.  While in law school she continued working in the areas of child advocacy and youth policy.  In 2011 Marcia moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, due to her husband Kevin’s missionary assignment with the United Methodist Church (UMC).  While in Lincoln she worked with the UMC-Nebraska Annual Conference Risk-Taking, Mission & Justice (RTMJ) team working on issues of environmental stewardship and poverty.  She also started a summer program and afterschool program for community youth.  Marcia pursued her undergraduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia and in 2008 she received her Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law.  She is passionate about peace, justice and equality.  During her free time Marcia loves watching Law & Order (any franchise), reading historical fiction, delving into the world of natural hair, and spending time with family and friends.