Aaryanna Mercer
(she/her)

ONE Board Site Representative, West

Aaryanna ((air-ree-yah-nuh), she/her) has been attending UVC at the West site where she's been a member of UVC West since January 2024. Since then, she has joined the Staff Parish Relations Committee with the ONE Board. She was born and raised in Georgia and moved to Chicagoland in 2023, where she is passionate about UVC's commitment to providing community resources, and practicing diversity and inclusion, and admires our willingness to be bold and have uncomfortable social and political conversations. She volunteers regularly on the worship team, serves on One Board as SPRC member since February 2025, and helps create materials for the UVC Marketing Taskforce. Aaryanna hopes to spread UVC's unique messages of radical love and inclusivity across Chicagoland to uplift marginalized believers and grow our UVC family. In her free time, she enjoys journaling and writing songs, trying new restaurants, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. Her favorite place is Kribi Coffee and Chicago’s Chicken and Waffles.