Ammara

Youth Organizer, ammara@feestseattle.org

Ammara (they/she) is a youth organizer, facilitator, and artist whose work is grounded in healing justice, disability justice, abolitionist feminism, and ancestral land-centered wisdom. They are committed to supporting students in building deeply caring, sustainable and accountable movements that honor everyone’s wholeness and dignity. At FEEST, Ammara brings a tender, visionary approach to organizing—one that centers relationships, interdependence, and the sacred power of heart-rooted storytelling. When not working, they find joy in books, connecting with more-than-human kin, and creating love letters for our collective spirit.

Belina

Community Organizing and Training Manager, belina@feestseattle.org

Belina (she/her) is a community organizer, trainer, and artist whose work is rooted in Black liberation, political education, and intergenerational healing. With experience in both labor organizing and youth-centered community work, she brings strategic vision and a deep care for cultivating leadership in Black and Afrikan youth. As FEEST’s Community Organizing & Training Manager, Belina supports students in building power, shaping campaigns, and telling the stories that move us toward liberation. She also creates art that centers ancestral memory, collective imagination, and emotional truth.

Cilia

Development & Operations Director, cilia@feestseattle.org

Cilia (she/her) brings expertise in nonprofit development, fundraising strategy, and operations. With a graduate degree in Nonprofit Management and a strong focus on equity in philanthropy, she leads FEEST’s development and internal systems with care and precision. She loves FEEST’s focus on health equity, youth-led change, and radical joy. Outside of work, she finds grounding in community, desserts, and a quiet afternoon nap.

CiCi

Operations and Finance Manager, cici@feestseattle.org

 CiCi (they/them) is a nonprofit operations and finance professional with a background in school food systems and youth-centered community work. With many years of experience managing budgets and internal systems, they bring care, rigor, and a love of spreadsheets to FEEST’s daily operations. CiCi is passionate about resource equity, collective growth, and supporting the next generation of youth leaders. Outside of work, you can find them on the field, at brunch, or spending time in community.

Devan

Communications & Development Manager, devan@feestseattle.org

Devan (they/them) is a Black, Fat, Trans & Queer artist and organizer whose work lives at the intersection of storytelling, abolition, and youth-led change. Dev came up through community-based movements focused on ending the prison industrial complex, and carries forward a commitment to transformative justice, accountability, and Black liberation in all they do.

Before joining FEEST, Dev led youth-centered programs that uplifted community organizing, food access, and mental wellness. As a self-taught artist, their creative work centers joy, rest, and care for Fat, Queer, and Trans Black people. At FEEST, Dev brings a relational, strategic approach to communications and fundraising—grounded in Spirit, guided by the wisdom of their Ancestors, and always in service of student voice.

They are a future children’s book illustrator, a community cook, and a lover of naps, jokes, and soft days. Dev is always learning, always dreaming, and always rooting for young people to lead.

Hanan

Youth Organizer, hanan@feestseattle.org

Hannah

Food Access Manager, hannah@feestseattle.org

Hannah (they/them) is a land steward, facilitator, and food justice organizer whose work is rooted in Black liberation, food sovereignty, and community care. With a background spanning farming, native plant restoration, and farmers market management, they bring deep knowledge of local food systems and a passion for cultivating connection through land and culture. At FEEST, Hannah supports youth-led organizing through frameworks grounded in abolition, Black feminism, and radical joy. They believe in the power of young people to lead movements that nourish both body and spirit—and are committed to creating spaces where everyone can feel safe, fed, and free.

Heena

Technical Project Manager Intern, heena@feestseattle.org

Heena (she/her) is a youth organizer and technical project manager intern with roots in FEEST going back to her early teens. A longtime leader in the organization, she has supported campaign strategy, youth storytelling programs, and digital project management. Heena is passionate about building accessible, equity-centered systems that support youth-led change. Her work bridges tech, education, and community wellness, and she brings a grounded, intergenerational perspective to every space she enters.

Jaimée

Executive Director, jaimee@feestseattle.org

Jaimée (they/them) is a strategist, organizer, and storyteller with over 20 years of experience building community power, especially with trans and queer communities of color. Since first encountering FEEST in 2017, they’ve served as a volunteer, board member, and now Executive Director. Jaimée leads with a commitment to healing-centered leadership, joyful resistance, and co-creating transformative partnerships between youth, schools, and communities. Outside of FEEST, you might find them cooking up something delicious, snapping photos, or holding it down on the field as a fierce rec-league athlete.

Jess

Deputy Director, jess@feestseattle.org

Jess (she/her) is a seasoned development strategist with nearly two decades of experience supporting grassroots movements for racial, social, and economic justice. She believes that the only way to build an inclusive culture of abundance is with solutions from the people with the most to gain from our collective liberation. At FEEST, she helps steward culture and strategy with deep care and clarity. Jess loves growing and sharing delicious food with wonderful people, and spending time outside.

Jude

Youth Organizer, jude@feestseattle.org

Jude (they/them) is a youth organizer, farmer, and student of liberation whose work is rooted in Disability Justice, food sovereignty, and Black Queer theory. With a background in psychology and comparative ethnic studies, they support FEEST’s youth-led campaigns with a commitment to dignity, wellness, and interdependence. Jude brings a deep reverence for land, learning, and collective imagination. When not organizing, they’re likely on a neighborhood walk, deep in a good book, or savoring a scoop of ice cream.

Ruel

Organizing Director, ruel@feestseattle.org

Ruel (he/him) grew up in South Seattle (soufend), in the 98118 zip code, and learned most of how the world operated riding the 36, 7, and 48 bus lines in the 90s. As a Filipino first gen immigrant and the eldest within his generation, he was thrusted in roles that meant the survival of his community. Building from cultural history and lived experience, his career, as you can imagine, adopted aspects of bridge building, crisis management, storytelling, creative/innovative problem solving, and community organizing. Through and through, he’s held a steadfast commitment to the empowerment of BIPOC youth and communities impacted by racial inequity. Having played roles in direct services to executive positions, working both in grass roots to institutional organizations locally and nationally, he’s become a sought-after expert on BIPOC youth, community development, education, and systems change. 

Deeply fascinated by learning and working smarter, not harder, Ruel has weaponized his infectious neurodivergent curiosity to incorporate knowledge from a broad range of professions/skill sets earning the nicknames or being known as a “jack of all trades”, “renaissance man”, or your modern day, “inspector gadget”. You’ll always find him eating at the local spots in South King County, kicking it with family/friends, or in a random corner, absorbed in the next book/manga he’s reading.

Yuna

Youth Organizer, yuna@feestseattle.org

Yuna (she/her) is a youth organizer, educator, and data storyteller passionate about co-creating spaces where young people feel safe, affirmed, and rooted in their power. She brings experience across education and nonprofit sectors, with a focus on youth-led justice and culturally grounded practices. Guided by a commitment to accountability and abundance, Yuna supports FEEST’s organizing programs with heart, humor, and deep listening. Outside of work, she finds joy in songwriting, laughing with friends, and befriending every cat she meets.