Samie Iverson (she/her) has held a variety of social work roles over the last 14+ years focused on serving and advocating for our unhoused/unstably housed community across Pierce County and Washington state. She is currently adoring her role as the first Social Worker with Tacoma Public Library. Samie sees herself as a lifelong learner who is continuously navigating her identity as a transracial adoptee and completed her BA in Urban Studies and her Master of Social Work at UW Tacoma. Samie lives for her growing toddler (Luka), plotting systems change that centers equity, inclusion, and lived experience, elevating the power of community partnership, and finding little bits of time to write/run/eat something delicious/soak up live music, and be with friends and family.