Tyson (he/him) was born in Colorado and raised in a small town in Nebraska. He has spent the past decade working in project management across construction and healthcare, where he has helped open new healthcare facilities, expand services for unhoused communities, and lead innovations in patient-centered care. Through this work, Tyson developed a strong ability to bring people, tools, and resources together—turning vision into action and helping build initiatives that create meaningful change.
At the heart of Tyson’s work is a deep commitment to creating space for individuals and communities who are often misunderstood or overlooked. He is passionate about helping people feel seen, understood, and valued, and about fostering greater awareness and appreciation for the many ways people live, love, and build family. Tyson believes in celebrating humanity in all its diversity and in helping others recognize the beauty in one another.
Based in Seattle, Tyson is an active community organizer and advocate focused on advancing queer rights and equity for diverse family and relationship structures. He currently serves as Board Co-Chair and Community Engagement Chair at SCFRE.
Saoirse (she/they) is a dedicated public health professional and community advocate, bringing a rare combination of clinical expertise, epidemiological training, and frontline labor leadership to the Seattle Coalition for Family and Relationship Equity.
She holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health — giving her a rigorous, data-driven foundation for addressing the systemic inequities that shape family health outcomes. Clinically, she works as a Massage Therapist, where she has provided trauma-informed, person-centered care to clients across the care continuum. Her practice spans pain management and close collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare teams — always centering the dignity and autonomy of the individuals she serves.
Her roots in family-centered care also include administrative leadership in holistic health, deepening her commitment to equity-centered maternity care.
As a Member Leader with SEIU 775, Washington State's long-term care union, she champions the rights long term care workers and the families they serve — understanding that worker power and community health are inseparable. Her organizing experience sharpens her coalition-building instincts and keeps her work grounded in the realities of working people.
Katie (she/her) is a Seattlite and PNW resident of the last 41 years and a proud union sheet metal worker of nearly 20 years. After a slow roll coming out as trans in 2017 she was thrust into Seattle's growing 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Exploring different relationship structures beyond monogamy over the last 6 years has been eye opening and life giving. Thanks to community driven nonprofits and their support she has been able to thrive. Joining and Serving on the board of directors for SCFRE since November 2025 gives Katie an opportunity to support not just queer community but diverse relationships as well.
Kirstin Mueller (she/her) was born and raised in Seattle and is a lifelong Pacific Northwest resident. She holds a clinical doctorate in physical therapy and has spent more than 21 years working in the ICU hospital setting, where she has supported patients and families through complex medical challenges with compassion and dedication.
She is a member of UFCW 21 and has spent decades volunteering for organizations with a focus on gender equity, voting rights, and environmental justice. She is passionate about advancing equity and inclusion and is excited to support the work of the Seattle Coalition for Family & Relationship Equity in expanding protections and recognition for diverse relationships and family structures.
Di (she/they) grew up across China and the United States and holds a PhD in Optical Sciences. They spent over four years at Meta as an optical engineer and scientist, contributing to the development of next-generation augmented reality and virtual reality devices. Their scientific training — leading experiments, working with complex systems, and building zero-to-one technology — now informs how they approach advocacy strategy.
A deep curiosity about how societal norms shift and what happens when they do drew them to relationship equity work. After exploring community-building platforms in the relationship diversity space, they realized that policy and legislative advocacy offer a more direct lever for meaningful change. They believe people should have the freedom to build relationships on their own terms, and that expanding how we think about family and relationship structures has implications far beyond any single policy.
They serve as SCFRE's Executive Director and currently lead the Board of Directors' fundraising and membership development. In addition to SCFRE, they are focused on values-aligned projects at the intersection of civic infrastructure, community organizing, and systems change.
Jessa (she/her) is a Seattle-based advocate, nonprofit leader, and movement strategist serving as Executive Director of the Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogamy (OPEN), where she works to advance legal protections for non-monogamous individuals and champion chosen family recognition across the United States. In 2024, she founded the Seattle Coalition for Family & Relationship Equity (SCFRE) to help build local and statewide advocacy infrastructure focused on family and relationship structure protections and broader efforts to strengthen community resilience and civic participation. Across her work, she is recognized for building strong community relationships, creating coalitions from the ground up, and mobilizing people around shared goals and long-term movement building that connects local organizing to culture and policy change.
Before moving into full-time nonprofit and advocacy leadership, Jessa built a career in technology and organizational leadership. She studied cultural anthropology at the University of Lethbridge and later studied Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at Southern New Hampshire University. She has worked across Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, and South Asia supporting nonprofits, innovation labs, and humanitarian projects. Prior to returning to the US in 2019, she worked as a project manager and software developer with the United Nations Office for Project Services in Kathmandu, Nepal. Most recently, she led teams providing cybersecurity services on industrial control systems and smart grid infrastructure projects for electric utilities clients. Her advocacy work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, and CNN.
