The Reverend Dr. Victoria Marie is originally from Brooklyn, New York. She has called Canada home since 1965 and Vancouver since 1979. She is a recovering alcoholic and has been sober since 1990. Victoria was ordained a priest in 2012 and serves as pastor of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Tonantzin Community Society.
She defines herself as a late blooming, self-taught watercolour artist. Her visual art journey began in November 2020 at age 75. Her work was featured in the “Birds! Birds! Birds!” Exhibition (September 3-26, 2021) at the Outsiders and Others Gallery, “Creature Connection: We are one under the sun”, a solo exhibition at The Carnegie Community Centre 3rd Floor Gallery (September 1-29, 2022) , the Outsiders and Others window gallery exhibition, “Save My Home” (September 9-October 29, 2022) and, one of her works is included in the current (January 11-February 23) “New Year New Beginnings Group Exhibition” presented by the Langley Arts Council at the Timms Community Centre.
Victoria is a published author, her book "Transforming Addiction" is about the role of spirituality in learning recovery from addiction, published by Scholars Press.
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