Introducing Re/Generation 2020 Part 4: Tacoma
Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of our 2020 Re/Generation cohort introductions.
Last but not least: Today we're introducing the final batch of our 2020 Re/Generators! These young adults are all based in Tacoma, WA, where they’ve formed a team focused on education. Welcome to Re/Generation, Mary, Maggie, and Emma!
Mary Connolly
Mary is an east coast gal who went to the west coast for a job and stayed for the mountains and the people. Three of these people are Maggie, Cathryn, and Emma, with whom she spends about 85% of her free time. She is excited to bump that number up to 90% through participation in Re/Generation. Mary spends the other 10% of her free time reading nonfiction, being outdoors, and spending time with her friends in Seattle (can you tell she likes people?). She is passionate about Mount Rainier, pasta, Maryland crab, sunflowers, coding, and dismantling systems of oppression. She currently lives in the city that stole her heart when she was a Jesuit Volunteer, Tacoma, WA.
Maggie Stang
Maggie is a queer woman who grew up in Minneapolis, and graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee. After graduating with a degree in International Affairs and Theology, Maggie joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Tacoma, WA. There, she spend one year serving at a shelter for folks experiencing homelessness, and one year with a community beekeeping project. Currently, Maggie lives with the Tacoma Catholic Worker community and is pursuing a masters degree at Seattle University for Spiritually Integrated Couples and Family Therapy. Maggie loves connecting with other queer people of faith about how we can come together and create a more just and loving world for all. Her current interests include transformative justice, mutual aid, and healing.
Emma Wonsil
Emma is a Behavioral Health Clinician at Catholic Community Services where she works with folks experiencing homelessness in Tacoma, WA. A native Michigander, Emma was raised Catholic and deeply formed by the spiritual tradition of the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters. Inspired by their commitment to creating a more just world, she joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest and served at the Poverello Center in Missoula, Montana. She graduated from Fordham University with an MA in Ethics & Society in 2019 and then headed back to the mountains of the west. In her current work, she witnesses the crushing impact of intersecting oppressive systems and simultaneously the incredible resilience of folks navigating those systems daily. She is a strong believer in podcasts, the therapeutic benefit of large dogs, and housing for all.
