Cynthia Tuell, a lay member at First United Methodist Church of Upland, California, has been active in the California-Pacific MFSA for fifteen years as a member of the Leadership Team and as the manager of the MFSA booth and coffee bar at Annual Conference session for some of that time. She is especially involved in action for environmental justice and reproductive rights. She is retired from teaching composition and rhetoric at the University of California, Riverside.