Our staff
Nubia López (she/her/hers)
Co-Executive Director
What excites you about being part of Pathwaves?
I love being able to imagine a world with this community. We are building something new and the energy every person brings to this community (board, staff, Fellows) genuinely fuels me.
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LaToya Holmes-Ware (she/her/hers)
Co-Executive Director
What excites you about being part of Pathwaves?
I have an amazing opportunity to work in an organization of BIPOC staff, board and fellows who are intentional in leading with racial equity and love. We get to share our “why” and build relationships with community and partners who have been yearning for this work.
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Lish Olson (she/they/her/their)
Program Coordinator
What excites you about being part of Pathwaves?
It feels so good to be a part of a community of BIPOC leaders committed to centering justice and JOY in everything that we do.
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Angela Griffin (she/her/hers)
Byrd Barr Place CEO
What excites you about being part of Pathwaves?
Pathwaves is building the human capital to advocate for much needed policy change in our state and creating pathways for those people to be reflective of the communities that will be most impacted by positive change. New change agents are being developed and positioned to explicitly reveal and resolve systemic inequities at all policy levels.
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Haydeé Lavariega (they/them/theirs)
Co-Founder of Collective Liberation in Practice
What excites you about being part of Pathwaves?
I feel honored to be part of an organization that centers BIPOC leaders, children and communities and that is making waves to transform the early learning policy landscape by building power with leaders of color.
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Maggie Mendoza (she/her/hers)
Early Education P-3 Coordinator at Educational Service District 105
What excites you about being part of Pathwaves?
I am excited to be a part of advancing BIPOC leadership and advocacy in the early learning field.
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Maria Vasquez (she/her/hers)
Associate Director of Early Learning Special Services & Family Engagement at Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington
What excites you about being part of Pathwaves?
I am excited to join forces with a team who has the heart and passion to advance changes for racial equity. I am equally excited to learn and grow in areas I am not strong in and this platform give me hope.
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Dr. Soleil Boyd (she/her/hers)
Senior Program Officer for Washington STEM
What excites you about being part of Pathwaves?
I’m excited about Pathwaves because it’s going to make policy making tables more diverse and representative of our beautiful state!
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Nawiishtunmi Nightgun (she/her/hers)
Chief Traditional Officer for Chief Seattle Club
What excites you about being part of Pathwaves?
Elevating the voices of the global majority in an attentional and authentic way.
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Pathwaves WA is built on the work and wisdom of our mentors, partners, and teachers. We wish to especially acknowledge Leslie Dozono (she/her) as a co-founding consultant and Interim Executive Director and Makeba Greene (she/her) as co-founding consultant, as well as Meg Gomez (they/them) and Arianna McLaren-Simpson (they/them), who have provided consultant support.
