Maricela or Mari as she is endearingly called throughout our bases, was born in San Pedro, she is 1 of 8 brothers and sisters. Mari has 5 boys and 2 girls of her own Joel, Asuncion, Ramon, Anahai, Heriberto, Juan Diego, Omar (Paquito), and is a grandmother to 3. We first met Mari when her husband was very ill while she was caring for him and their children. They were married for 11 years before her husband passed of cancer. Not long after her husband had passed Mari began to volunteer for MARKED. She spent two years as a volunteer, 2 years working part-time for us, and in just a few months we will celebrate a year with her as a full time staff member.
Mari is now over our Artisan room, creating all the beautiful hand made leather goods. When you purchase a pair of earrings or any of the leather goods, you are empowering her to provide for her family.
Mari says, “Marked is my family. I love everything I do with Marked from cleaning, preparing food and working in the artisan room.”
In her free time she likes to knit napkins and create different decorations.