Mariyam K Francis is the PCL at Our Lady of Sorrows- St. Anthony in Mercer County. She has been serving this parish for 16 years. She lives in Franklin Park, New Jersey with her husband Austin and daughter Faith. She joined TRED in October 2019 as Rep for Mercer County. Mariyam is a native of Pakistan before coming to the United States. Mariyam worked for two Dioceses in Pakistan for Youth and Family Evangelization. After moving from Rome, Italy, to New Jersey, Mariyam worked as a director of youth ministry in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey. She also worked for St. Francis DeSales in Lodi, NJ, as director of the confirmation program. She worked as PCL at St. Matthias Metuchen Diocese. Mariyam earned a BA in management/administration in Pakistan, a BA in social science at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, and a MA degree in theology from the Pontifical University Gregorian in Rome, Italy MA Theology and Ministry in La Salle University PA in 2017. She has certification in Community building, Mass Media (Using media for Evangelization), and Drug abuse/rehabilitation. Mariyam says, she hopes to offer her ”unique flavor to Children’s ministry as we fulfill the command of Jesus to ‘go therefore and make disciples of all nations.’”