The Rev. Larissa Kwong Abazia (she/her) graduated with an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary and has served as an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 2007.  She founded Courageous Spaces in 2021, inviting others to co-create spaces for disruption, transformation, and change. Larissa has served at all levels of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Vice Moderator of the 221st General Assembly (2014), the General Assembly Committee on Representation, and in congregations located in Chicago (IL), Queens (NY), Greenwich (CT), and throughout New Jersey. Most recently she has served as the Transitional Head of Operations for More Light Presbyterians and currently as the Designated Strategic Director of NEXT Church as well as a project coordinator for two grants at Princeton Theological Seminary.