Maria Thorpe has given back to so many and in so many ways, but last month it was time for her to receive when she was announced as the 2021 Maryland Mother of the Year. “I was very surprised that I ...

NEW ORLEANS -- A tragic car wreck in 2013 took the life of Maria Thorpe, her unborn child and two youngest daughters. It's a night Rhonda Thorpe will never forget. The two oldest daughters survived, ...

Maria Thorpe has successfully raised two adult sons, but her ongoing commitment to the youth in her community has made her an “adjunct mother” to hundreds, maybe thousands, more children. Her ...