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One neighbor whom my mother fearfully referred to as…

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One neighbor, who my mother fearfully referred to as…

It's for my diversity statement.

One neighbor, to whom my mother fearfully referred as...

It's a direct object. Whom.

The correct phrasing is awkward here. Why not, "My mother fearfully referred to one neighbor as _________________" and then a new sentence describing whatever it is you were going to say about this neighbor.