Presbyterian Mission Agency Paola Tognarelli Archives

Paola Tognarelli

The PC(USA)’s One Great Hour of Sharing changes lives

Posted April 4th, 2023

Lupe Gonzalo understands all too well the hardscrabble life of a farmworker. Having worked for 12 years in Florida’s tomato industry — in addition to traveling to other states to pick sweet potatoes, apples and blueberries — Gonzalo often had to wake up at 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning to travel to a local farm, where she was handed a bucket and told to fill that bucket as many times as humanly possible during the day.

Sowing seeds of hope

Posted March 15th, 2023

Paola Tognarelli’s connection to Mother Earth is sacred. Just like the bond she now shares with the other significant women in her life.