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I'm excited to join the DEI team so I can do my part in contributing to important changes and awareness in our school community (and beyond!). I want to see tangible progress in our work and I believe the best way to do that is to step up and help make it happen! I also have a lot of my own growing to do, and I'm excited to be part of this group to hear others' perspectives and continue learning how I can be a supportive ally to my peers.

Fun fact: the fur baby in this photo (Bonnie) was a foster fail. My fiancé and I have now fostered 7 puppies in total through Dog Gone Seattle. If we had a house with some land we may have kept them all... haha... but we've been overjoyed to see them all go to loving homes :)

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I am excited to be on this team with so many committed colleagues! Inspired to continue my own and our school's work on our DEI journey to make a difference for our students, staff, and community. Fun Fact: I collect cookbooks and recipes from all over--just to read! :)

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I want to be a part of this team with the hope that this will become the way of being and an expectation for ALL Epiphany staff. We must uphold and continue to build connection for underrepresented faculty, staff and students. Working in various public and non-profit schools in the San Diego and Seattle-area, I seen first-hand how the lack of consistent DEI work has ramifications for the entire community.

Fun Fact: I am left handed!

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Emily Seiller, 2nd/3rd Grade Instructional Assistant

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Emily Seiller, 2nd/3rd Grade Instructional Assistant

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I'm interested in joining the DEI team, because to me there is no other choice. I feel that we all have a responsibility to commit ourselves to DEI work, and that joining the DEI team is really the minimum requirement (in my mind) in a world that we are always gaining a better understanding of, and that involves SO MUCH that exists outside of ourselves. I'm here to continue to learn how I can do better, advocate for others, critically assess some of our school norms that we can improve upon to make more inclusive and equitable, and broaden our DEI scope.

Fun fact: My partner is an instructional assistant for 1st-3rd graders at Pacific Crest Montessori!

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Coming from a very white, suburban town in Connecticut I was very blind to the systemic racism in our country while growing up. Going to nursing school in Philadelphia opened my eyes and helped me grow a lot in this area, especially around noticing and fighting against racial inequities in healthcare. Shifting my focus from healthcare to the education system will be very enlightening I'm sure. As David said, this is a life-long journey and I look forward to learning, growing and making a difference with the Epiphany School community together!

Fun Fact: My husband and I had a COVID wedding last September (just the two of us), and then drove cross country to hike Zion and Bryce Canyon for our honeymoon!

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Event Manager and Communications Coordinator. I want to contribute to our community feeling valued, seen, and heard. I would like to see Epiphany School make tangible progress toward embodying our diversity statement, and I want to be able to represent and speak to this work from my particular vantage point of working on events and with the EPC.

Fun Fact: In my mid-twenties I quit my job and traveled around the world for a year. This experience had a big impact on me, shaped the way I see the world, and certainly informs my interest in DEI.

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cactus bloom in Mine Wash - Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA

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I choose this team because everyone deserves to be seen and valued. I choose this team to continue examining my blindspots and biases. I choose this team to dig into what's equitable for students and to dig into what inclusion looks like for all families and staff.
Fun fact: I share a first and middle name with my sister. She is my step-sister. ;) My half-brother married a Jennifer so she and I share a first and last name.

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Fifth Grade Teacher: Having attended schools in 4 different countries, I remember never seeing myself reflected in the English language literature I was exposed to until very recently. I want to make sure children see themselves as well as others in order to be confident enough to learn from and learn with each other. The school's certainly come a long way in 20 years, but it's still got a lot of catching up to do.

Fun Fact: Paul (my husband) and I do the NYTimes crossword puzzle every day together.

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DEI work is life-long, long-haul, inward and outward awareness work. There is so much I don't know about human beings. I find this work enlightening, broadening and enables me to hopefully make more effective connections with people who are different from me.
Fun Fact: I had a job in high school and university in the funeral industry that probably ignited my interest in DEI work.

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Learning Skills Specialist: I want to be on the team that moves us forward in actualizing our diversity statement. Let's talk the talk AND walk the walk. 

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Fun fact: I have completed way too many puzzles during the pandemic.

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Esmerelda Basin near Teanaway/Cle Elum on Saturday October 2nd.

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I care deeply that all students have access to education and that they feel they belong to a group where they see others who they consider to be similar to themselves

Fun fact: I LOVE hiking!

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Let's continue to notice who's seated at the table and who is missing, and to take action when needed. Let's continue the often uncomfortable work of unlearning thoughts and practices that may cause harm for the community, and ultimately work to become a stronger community.

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Director of Educational Technology
I've chosen this team because I want to contribute to our students, staff & faculty feeling included and represented in what they see, hear, feel and experience on campus.

Fun Fact: I'm doing a needle point Halloween flag on the train.