Who We Are

Steph (they/them) is a descendant of Chinese and Japanese settlers on the West Coast of Turtle Island. They have called the land of the Duwamish, Suquamish and Muckleshoot home since 2012. As a queer person of color, they are the most interested in work that involves solidarity with other QTBIPOC and/or working class folks of color in the Southend. They are a member of the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee, which organizes an annual Pilgrimage to the Minidoka National Historic Site in Idaho where over 13,000 Japanese Americans were wrongfully imprisoned from 1942 to 1945, and of the Alphabet Alliance of Color, which brings together QTBIPOC from around the Seattle metro area. They are also a dedicated cat parent, passionate about all things food and culture, and an aspiring guitarist.

Pronouns: They/Them
Email: steph@gotgreen.org

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Marion Romero joins Got Green through the Rainier Valley Corps Fellowship. Marion graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Environmental Studies, where she was an active member of Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A) de UW, or the Chicano student movement. Through MEChA Marion’s political lense was formed and she found herself wanting to do more for the community. Marion enjoys hiking to experience Mother Nature in her truest form: “the waters that flow to the wind that blows and the beauty of life in every form.”

Pronouns: She, Her, Ella
Email: marion@gotgreen.org

Vera is a Chinese and Vietnamese American racial and environmental justice organizer. She holds degrees in Biology and Community, Environment & Planning from the University of Washington. She has worn a variety of hats – honing her skills in fundraising operations, board recruitment and management, communications, research, event planning, policy, and community engagement. Vera joined Got Green’s Young Leaders Committee in 2016 to organize for living-wage green jobs for young and low-income people of color. In her free time, she can be found paddling outrigger canoes and cooking for loved ones.

Pronouns: She, Her
Email: vera@gotgreen.org

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Shaylea has spent most of her childhood growing up in South Park. During her time there, she worked with the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps. In fact, she was involved with a few cohorts through the program. Afterwards, she worked with Choose 180, a nonprofit to help in youth diversion programs to help keep youth out of the justice system. She then moved on to join Community Passageways, where she found her passion for nonprofits. It was a great community that she loved being a part of, but moved on after some time to go into the working world.  She is currently living life as a first-time mom and enjoying every second of it.

Pronouns: She, Her
Email: shaylea@gotgreen.org

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Tanika Thompson is a African American community organizer and activist who has lived in Seattle her entire life. She first started as an organizer at SEIU 775NW in 2007, as a Member Organizer, and later became an Executive Board Member as well as a Member Political Organizer, door knocking for the 2008 Obama Presidential Campaign. Tanika was recruited to Got Green’s Jobs Committee in 2013 by Michael Woo and worked to win a “Priority Hire” Ordinance in 2015. She joined Got Green’s Board of Directors and continued to volunteer on the Food Access Team until joining the staff in May 2016. Tanika is a young grandmother who wants to help change the world that her grandchildren will grow up to live in.

Pronouns: She, Her
Email: tanika@gotgreen.org

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Tammy is a Vietnamese-American community activist who joined Got Green as one of its first members in 2008. Since then she has been working to put women of color, low income and immigrant women’s voices front and center in the green economy, founding the Women in the Green Economy Project in 2010. Tammy is a young, single parent of three children (Julie, Tuyet-Nhi and Alan) from an immigrant family living in New Holly, where she is a neighborhood leader. She is also involved in her kids’ education.

Pronouns: She, Her
Email: tammy@gotgreen.org

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Sean has been working within social movements as an organizer, fundraiser, and educator for the last ten years. As Development Director, Sean is building the grassroots fundraising capacity of Got Green. Outside of Got Green, Sean has volunteered with Firelands Workers United and Showing Up for Racial Justice.  Prior to Got Green, Sean has worked for various organizations working on issues ranging from housing justice to fighting U.S. military & economic policy.  In his spare time, Sean enjoys books and happy hour.

Pronouns: He, Him
Email: sean@gotgreen.org

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Emily’s roots are planted in South Seattle, where she grew up. She has witnessed environmental health impacts and the displacement of community members and businesses in her neighborhood over the years. This sparked her to join Got Green’s climate justice committee to organize for climate resilient communities that are rooted in place. Emily is excited to continue this work as a community organizer supporting Got Green’s campaigns.

Emily studied Environmental Science and Resource Management at the University of Washington. Through her experiences, Emily works to connect the dots between different environmental crises and social injustices to understand the interconnections between different fields of study, struggles, and movements. This framework of thinking, based on relationships and connection, guides her work to this day. Emily previously worked in the waste and recycling industry on data collection, outreach, and education, where she learned about the types of stories garbage can tell about a community, and society at large. In her free time, Emily enjoys watching Disney movies, drawing, and daydreaming about marine animals (southern resident killer whales hold a special place in her heart).

Pronouns: She, Her
Email: emily@gotgreen.org

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