Marion, a Toronto native, is a retired engineer, married to Gary with two grown children Alexis and Zachary. She trained as a lay preacher through the Artizo program and completed a Masters in Biblical Studies at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. In 2010 she was licensed as a lay preacher for the Toronto Centre Project that chose the name Christ the King and began Sunday services later that year. Marion has been involved in ministries in the downtown/University of Toronto area since 2011. She was ordained a deacon at Christ the King in September 2013, and in 2016 she facilitated the move of Christ the King downtown.