Jacqueline Arellano serves as the Community Pastor at Light & Life. Born in Boston, raised with Guatemalan roots in Chicagoland has gifted her with a rich love of her culture as a Guatemalan American. She found her way back to God in 2003 and has experienced God's radical transformation in her life since then. She is married to Obe Arellano and both are passionate in helping people find their way back to God.  She has been in full time ministry alongside her husband since marrying in 2006. They have served as church planting pastors, missionaries in Haiti and Mexico and are passionate about equipping the next generation of church planters, pastors and missionaries. She lives passionately, loves fearlessly and walks by faith knowing He who calls her provides for her.

On her time-off she enjoys anything that is done outdoors; bicycling, hiking, roller skating and kayaking are her top outdoor activities. She also enjoys adventures in archeological sites, date nights with her husband, and sitting with a flavorful cup of coffee with God, her husband or a friend. She is a daughter, wife, mother to one and grandmother to three beautiful children.