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Sister Mariola Sequiera (born 1957) is an Indian nun known for her work advocating prisoners' rights in Rajasthan. She is a 2014 recipient of the Stree Shakti Puraskar.

Biography
Sister Mariola Sequiera is from Goa. At the age of 22, she left her job in the tourism department to join the Mission Sisters of Ajmer, Rajasthan. She worked locally as a teacher, and in 1997 became a member of the English department at Sophia Girls' College. The College was next door to the Central Jail, Ajmer.

After visiting the jail, Sister Mariola decided to begin teaching basic literacy to the prisoners. In 2004, she became the Rajasthan State Coordinator of Prison Ministry India.

Sister Mariola received the 2014 Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang Stree Shakti Puraskar award from the Government of India. In 2017, she was transferred by her community from Ajmer to Tura, Meghalaya, where she became an Assistant Professor of English at Don Bosco College.