Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Natalie Boes is the Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. While her main role is to support the VP for EDI-- in all aspects, she also offers support for all teammates within in OEDI. During her six years at TCC she has been a student and graduated from the HIT program, served in part-time and work-study roles that supported all-campus operations, and held a Classified role that allowed her the privilege of serving students on the front lines. It is these vast experiences in a variety of roles and spaces on campus that cemented her love for TCC and still propels her to remain a strong advocate for all within the TCC community and the greater Tacoma community we serve. She has a passion for equity and inclusion work and strives to be an EDI practitioner that is always learning! When she is not doing campus-related work she enjoys DIY home remodeling projects (yes, even painting), reading books, and building unique Lego creations with her son.

Lillian Ferraz is the Accreditation Liaison and Strategic Planning Officer. She came to TCC because of the intense desire to serve her hometown. She feels incredibly lucky that a position opened in the Office for EDI that allows her to use her training in strategic planning from her UW Evans Masters in Public Administration degree as well as her EDI skills from various roles in the Diversity Center at Pacific Lutheran University. She was born, raised, and continues to live in East Tacoma, and strives to create systems that provide positive outcomes for her neighbors and community. She believe that everyone should have the right to a high-quality education, and is grateful to be at TCC helping to provide that for all residents regardless of their background. Lillian loves nerding out over Star Trek, dancing, singing at jazz jams, and karaoke. 

Victoria Ichungwa is the Senior Research Analyst. As an educational researcher, Victoria turns data into information while maintaining an equity-focused lens in her work. She is committed to changing lives through data-informed decision-making. Victoria believes that understanding the role data plays in decision-making and the proper use of data is key to enhancing equity, diversity, and inclusion. Victoria has worked for government, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations and enjoys working at TCC because of the college’s commitment to students success. During her time off work, Victoria enjoys reading books, spending time outdoors, playing games, and spending time with her family.

Julie Lancour is the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Specialist. This role is new for OEDI and focuses on: developing and collaborating to deliver anti-racist, EDI initiatives for the TCC community; establishing and nurturing relationships across campus to support all Titans to take responsibility for EDI work, every day; using institutional data to evaluate OEDI efforts, strategies, and programming; and collaborating to advance the work on campus and in the community. Julie is an EDI practitioner (not an expert) committed to learning and unlearning to become an anti-racist. She has worked in higher education in Washington for more than 15 years as an academic counselor, program director, and faculty member. Julie enjoys creative writing on her typewriter and reading in analog, she is also is a serious and unapologetic coffee snob.

Kelley Sadleris the Program Director of Institutional Research. She has been in various institutional research roles for a couple of decades. She has been influential in our equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts by advocating for data transparency, turning data into information to help inform decisions, and serving on various commissions and councils both internally at TCC and state-wide.  Kelley enjoys spends most of her free time reading, engaged in outdoor activities, or spending quality time with her family.

Amunoo Tembo is the Institutional Assessment and Improvements Coordinator. She formerly supported TCC’s instructional assessment practices and happily welcomed the opportunity to serve the college’s efforts to expand the assessment practices. Prior to student learning assessment work, Amunoo was an academic advisor and wholeheartedly enjoys working with staff and faculty to serve students. In her most recent work, Amunoo’s interest in working with organizations to improve the student experience is what keeps her humbled in her role. Specifically, being a part of a team that continuously looks at practices and challenges them in a way that makes improvements- is what keeps her going. Amunoo loves to work out and spends most of her free time watching movies, cooking, going on walks and playing with her kids.

Megan is the Professional Development Coordinator and is charged with designing, organizing, and evaluating learning opportunities to serve and challenge all TCC employees. She spent a couple decades working in academic libraries across the U.S., where she discovered an abiding love for teaching and a passion for anti-racist feminist education, organizing, and activism. Megan is also a classical clarinetist, an itinerant writer, and spends most of her free time either wandering outdoors or baking various confections.