EQUIPPING CHURCHES, SCHOOL, & ORGANIZATIONS TO LEAD LOVE BOLDLY
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Who I Am
Maria Hansen-Quine is a speaker, teacher, author, and strategic leader shaping churches, schools, non-profits, and communities across the United States and Canada.
With 20 years of speaking, she brings seasoned clarity and conviction to every room she steps into.
She equips the Church, pastors, educators, and families to build cultures of faith, trauma-informed care, unity, belonging, and resilience — mentoring women in ministry and raising voices that preach with theological depth and power.
She currently supports a global church (contractually) committed to Biblical unity and belonging healthy communities.
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Maria’s Story
Maria is a two times immigrant, traveling to Canada in a freighter across the Atlantic Ocean as an eleven year old from the Faroe Islands. Later as an adult, she moved to the United States.
She has been married for almost 30 years and is a mother of ten and an omma to two.
Her family represents seven cultural backgrounds, six racial groups, and ten additional needs — a lived theology of unity, faith, and resilience.
Their story — adoption, foster care, loss, perseverance, and unexpected miracles — is a testament to the truth she carries into every room:
God writes the best stories.
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Maria’s Expertise
Maria’s work sits at the intersection of theology, trauma-informed practices, and leadership development.
Credentials:
Master’s in Social Work, Rutgers University
Clinically licensed since 2001
School Counseling Certification since 2001
Belonging Leadership Certifications, Cornell University
TBRI Trauma Practitioner, Texas Christian University
Bachelors in Psychology and Human Services Concentration, Trinity Western University
Thirty years of expertise in trauma-informed care, psychology, healthy teams, and unity & belonging leadership in education, non-profits, and churches.
Her writing — spanning children books, and inspirational spiritual formation.
Her new book Called to Love brings together identity, calling, and God’s best stories in the ordinary.
Maria lives Micah 6:8 — walking humbly, leading boldly, loving deeply.
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Work With Maria
Maria partners with churches, schools, universities, colleges, conferences, retreats, and organizations
She offers:
Preaching & Speaking — Sunday services, conferences, trainings, retreats, women’s events
Consulting & Training — Unity & belonging, trauma-informed, leadership development
Coaching & Training — women in ministry, adoptive & foster families, church teams, school teams
Let’s build Churches that reflect the love and power of Jesus to the world
Let’s build healthy teams, schools, and organizations
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
TRAUMA LEADERSHIP—international non-profit leaders
IT’S RISING TIME —women’s one day conference
TRAUMA PARENTING—adoption & foster care conference
TRAUMA & OUR CLASSROOMS—college education class
UNITY LEADERSHIP—church staff
GOD WRITES THE BEST STORIES—church service
DAUGHTERHOOD—women’s church retreat
