She was the first Hispanic to be chair of the Evangelical Covenant Church Commission on Biblical Gender Equality (CBGE). In her role, she created leadership development material, gave vision and implementation of a CBGE blog, and has contributed numerous writings on the affirmation of women in all areas of leadership within the church. Gricel has written for several widely distributed Spanish and English magazines and devotionals. She is also an ordained Covenant minister who has served as a Hispanic church planter. Her tenacious work in the area of leadership and community development has extended to public and Christian schools, court systems, and Washington DC. Gricel has been married to her husband Lu for 38 years and they have three sons. Michael F. Bird