Mari is the Media Coordinator for the Center for Family Care. She graduated from Wheaton College in December of 2012, with a Bachelor of Music and a minor in Media Studies. In 2015 she received her Certificate in Byzantine Music from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.

Mari has always been active in the Church as a chanter. She loves being a part of the Church on a larger scale, especially working in an office that caters to the needs of Orthodox Christian families and couples. She and her husband, Brian, have two beautiful children, Samuel James and Theodora Katherine, and reside in Warsaw, Indiana.