Meet the Minister
Rev. Parisa Parsa was ordained to the Unitarian Universalist Ministry in 1998 by 20 member congregations of the UU Urban Ministry in Boston. Since then, she has served in community ministry roles with the UU Urban Ministry, a consortium of UU social justice ministries called the Urban Disciples, and the Faithful Fools Street Ministry in San Francisco. She was the settled minister at First Parish in Milton, MA from 2004-2014. Since then she has served as the Executive Director of Essential Partners, a nonprofit dedicated to constructive dialogue on divisive ideological, religious and political issues, and as CEO of Cortico, a nonprofit technology startup aiming to bring the voices of underheard communities into public awareness. Parisa has also consulted on intercultural organizational development for nonprofits and congregations for the past decade.
In her free time Parisa enjoys cooking, indoor cycling, hiking and traveling near and far. She lives in Arlington, MA with her family.