Dr. Marta S. Rivera Monclova

Marta S. Rivera Monclova is shepherding an emerging monastic community in Hartford, CT, which joins a dedicated communal life with an outward ministry based on each member's gifts. Marta’s own ministry at Seabury Life Community centers on elders who are marginalized due to age and disability, supporting their ongoing spiritual formation and growth in the community. She is a postulant for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church of Connecticut. Marta holds an M.Div. from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University and a Ph.D. in English Literature from Tufts University. In prior times, Marta taught English at several universities, and worked in the tech industry.