Staff & Lay Leaders

Hi, everyone! My name is Noël Grisanti (she/her). I am a third-year Master of Divinity student at Harvard Divinity School, where I study social justice ministry with a particular focus on the role of the church at the intersection of racial, economic, and climate justice. Within the UCC, I have found a church home where my political life could be fostered and fed by my spiritual life, and vice versa. After several years teaching middle and high school Latin, I followed a call to divinity school and am now pursuing ordination as a Member in Discernment in the UCC. This year I am eager to join the community at First Church in Cambridge. I am excited to learn about the ins and outs of church life and leadership, to participate in worship, and to support the needs of the community through various forms of ministry. I love iced coffee, astrology, red pandas, and crosswords; and I live in Cambridge with my husband Max.