Mari Castellanos serves the church as Policy Advocate for Domestic Issues at the Washington Office of JWM where she has worked for the past eight years. Before she answered this call she served a local congregation.  She completed her studies at the Florida Center for Theological Studies where she obtained her Doctor of Ministry Degree and at Barry University in Miami where she received her Master’s Degree in Theology. Her doctoral work focused on developing an institute for multi-cultural studies for pastoral ministers. In Washington she focuses on different areas of legislative concern including immigration and climate change.