We are a highly collaborative team with extensive experience in K-12 education, policy/systems change, community organizing, and youth development. We have deep ties and connection to the southeast Seattle community that we serve, many of us growing up and attending schools and now living in the same neighborhoods. Our care and love for our community runs deep and is multi-generational.

Meet the Team

  • Katie Brantley (she/her)

    Freedom Schools Program Director

    katie@wa-bloc.org

  • Anab Nur (she/her)

    Education Director

    anab@wa-bloc.org

  • Laura Wright (she/her)

    Finance and Development Director

    lwright@wa-bloc.org

  • Mari Ramirez (he/him/el)

    Restorative Justice Training and Programs Manager

    mari@wa-bloc.org

  • Lena Nguyen (she/her)

    Healers’ Collective Program Manager

    lena@wa-bloc.org

  • Beth Girma (she/they/he)

    Restorative Justice Coordinator

    beth@wa-bloc.org

  • Marisol Montes de Oca (she/her/ella)

    Development and Communications Manager

    marisol@wa-bloc.org

  • Clara Miller (she/her)

    Restorative Justice Fellow

  • Rona Eslamy (They/Them)

    Restorative Justice Fellow

  • Fatima Kabba (she/her)

    Restorative Justice Fellow

RVC Seattle Board of Directors

Our fiscal sponsor, RVC Seattle, is governed by a Board of Directors comprising of leaders from communities of color, funders, and other community activists. Click here to learn more.