Resident Board Member
Founder of Crafting Sound Meaning
Saunatina is the founder of Crafting Sound Meaning and works as a Communications Specialist, using her professional training and lived experiences to bring intersectional perspectives to projects to reach those, like her, who hold multiple marginalized identities; as an autistic child of autistic parents, being able to interpret mainstream society and how to thrive in it has been a lifelong journey. Saunatina has been a resident of Community Roots Housing for over a decade and currently sits on the Board of League of Women Voters of Seattle-King County as the Membership Chair, is active in the Transit Riders Union, Puget Sound Tenants Union, and mutual aid groups serving those in her neighborhood who’ve been marginalized from society.