Pastoral Resident for Christian Education & Outreach

Office: 212-288-8920
Email: ceh@mapc.com

Chesna has been around Madison Avenue in various capacities since 2018. In her role as Pastoral Resident, she focuses on children’s ministry and community outreach and mission.

Chesna was born in wild and beautiful Michigan and tries to make it to a Big Lakes beach and a Grand Rapids brewery every summer. Chesna studied neuroscience, anthropology, and French at the University of Pittsburgh and received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. In seminary, she focused on the Pauline epistles and Reformed systematics, and she is interested in theological epistemology, biblical gender equality, and the election of Christ in Karl Barth. 

Chesna loves MAPC and is glad to work on such an extraordinary team. She is thrilled to be here during a time of transition and hope.

Chesna is an avid traveler (18 countries so far!), and loves books, coffee, and talking with friends over good food. She lives with her cat, Regan, on the Upper East Side.