Patricia Hendricks Farmer is a lifelong resident of Lawrence Township. Her family moved to Lawrence in the late 1930’s. She is the daughter of Theodore “Buck” Hendricks a WWII Veteran and Angelina Hendricks Verdejo who moved from Puerto Rico in the early 1950s. Patricia is the first Latina mayor of Lawrence Township. She resides in the Historic African American community of Eggerts Crossing and Eldridge Park.

A graduate of Temple University, with a BA in Communications, Journalism and Public Relations, she attended Lawrence High School and Mercer County Performing Arts School, and St. Ann’s school. Active in the following volunteer organizations, Eggerts Crossing Civic League, First Vice President, which is celebrating 75 years of service to the residents of Lawrence Township this year, Lawrence Neighbors Together an educational and advocacy group for Lawrence residents, Lawrence Township Historical Society, and she is the past president of the Lawrence Township School Board. She is raising her son who attends Lawrence High School and is married to Robert.