Morgan Dawson is the Special Events & Programs Manager for the Washington Women's Foundation. This foundation gathers together smart, talented, and motivated women, who combine their resources to give grants to women working on the most complex issues facing our communities. Morgan is also an artist and art activist. She has a degree in poetry and playwriting from Santa Fe University of Art and Design and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Powerful Voices, which creates social justice programs for 11-19 year-olds to equip and educate them to advocate for themselves.

Cina Littlebird is a graduate of Stanford Law School who currently works as an attorney for the Northwest Justice Project. This organization’s mission is to combat injustice, strengthen communities and promote human dignity. They help clients seeking free legal help, including advice, education, legal services, and self-help materials. Cina helps address barriers faced by Native Americans in Washington who are trying to access our justice system. She also engages in community education efforts and is willing to help teachers like me!

Shelby Healy is the founder of Emerge Washington, an organization run by women, for women. Emerge is a leading organization nationwide that trains Democratic women to run for office. They offer cohorts of potential candidate a comprehensive, training curriculum of over 70 hours to ensure that they are fully prepared to run after graduation. Shelby is also a Marketing Manager at Microsoft, managing the end to end social strategy, production, execution and analytics for Windows, Surface and Mixed Reality Commercial. Her earlier career was in journalism, then advertising at the Seattle Times.

Rahel Schwartz is the Health and Wellness Director at Meredith Mathews YMCA. Her hope is to “to work in my community to achieve health equity, and eliminate avoidable health inequities and health disparities.” She is a Community Outreach Personnel for the YMCA's chronic disease prevention programs. Rahel specializes in health education and promotion in underserved communities. She has created and implemented exercise programs in communities lacking health and wellness programs and depression treatment. She has a passion for promoting wellness in underserved communities to improve their health and wellbeing.

Dana Golden is an SGS alum (class of 2005). As a student at Garfield High School, Dana succeeded in persuading school administration to install solar panels! While at Cascadia Environmental Consulting, Dana co-facilitated the Yakama Nation Climate Plan (working with science experts at the University of Washington and interviewing tribal elders about the history of the land and the tribe). Dana’s degree was in Environmental Policy, and she interned in Germany and Denmark to bring their clean energy strategies to the U.S. Now she works with local nonprofits and businesses, and also teaches 5 yoga classes a week “to inspire connection and balance in mind and body, facilitate community, and empower students to their fullest expression and potential.”

Shemona Moreno is the Artful Activism Director and a Volunteer Coordinator at 350 Seattle. 350 Seattle is a grassroots non-profit working toward climate justice by organizing people to make deep system change. Shemona works to bring in people from all walks of life to empower them to create beautiful imagery to move us into action. Shemona believes art and community is the heart of any movement and when we create together we can make change happen.