Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Mariana Schroeder has a bachelor's degree in Bilingual Education. She's lived in Fort Worth for three years and is a pro-life speaker and activist, wife and mother.
Schroeder counts her husband as one of her greatest blessings. “He keeps surprising me, year after year, with his good heart and unconditional love. These things to me are the most attractive qualities in him, which are complemented by his work ethic, proactivity and fatherly love. It helps that he is dashingly handsome too.”
Family pets include an English Mastiff named Chikis, eight chickens, two fish and a Juliana pig named Pigo. Schroeder describes her favorite travel spot, Holbox, Mexico, as “paradise on earth.” A gorgeous island two hours from Cancun, there she's enjoyed encounters with baby crabs, starfish, puffer fish and swimming with a giant whale shark.
Schroeder stays fit mentally through prayer. “Beginning my day in prayer and encountering the Lord in the Eucharist really helps set the tone for the rest of the day. You don't realize how much this changes your life until you try it. I still have rough days, this is called life, but the peace He brings me every day overcomes all obstacles.”
Raising a healthy (physically, emotionally and spiritually) family is at the top of Schroeder's list of priorities. “I am a firm believer that we can change the world around us by first allowing ourselves to be changed, opening our hearts and becoming aware of our surroundings. This allows us to become instruments through which God's grace can work; after you surrender to Him, things are just never the same.”
Schroeder believes in defending life from conception to natural death. “I dream now of opening a house not just for girls (or single mothers) in crisis pregnancies, but a place that is a safe haven for anyone who needs it.”
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