Celebrating Women’s History Month by shining the light on some of our local female leaders. Rev. Anna Maria Lopez nurtures the hearts and minds of her spiritual community by facilitating workshops that explore transcendental philosophies and other foundational universal principles on which New Thought Community was formed. Rev. Anna embodies a unique perspective of indigenous cosmology and modern spirituality in her activism and service to others, and is often invited by Fresno’s Interfaith Alliance to attend peaceful rallies as a representative of women of color, immigrant and indigenous populations, and the LGBTQ community. Rev. Anna Maria Lopez is an ordained minister through Emerson Institute and a founding member of New Thought Community in Fresno, California.