Glory Kamat

Glory was introduced to PLI through Sugar Creek Baptist Church during a chance visit in January 2022. She had returned from a short-term working trip in 2021, where she served a war-torn community and was eager to connect with similar refugee communities in Houston. Glory started volunteering as a helper in ESL classes in March and joined the PLI Board in May 2022.

Previously, Glory was an Oil and Gas Geologist who retired early from Marathon Oil Company in 2021 after 20+ years of service. During this transition, she has been spending more time with friends and family, and volunteering at InterCP International, an organization that works closely in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Glory earned her undergraduate degree in India and came to the UnitedStates for Graduate studies in Geology at the University of Lafayette, LA.She has lived in the Houston area with her family since 2000. She attends church at West Houston Christian Center and enjoys serving in the Children’s Ministry. She loves cooking and gardening. She is married and blessed with four children, and their cat, Bubbles.