Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD, is an enrolled member of the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes and serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is currently the Director of Seven Directions which is housed in the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors within the Department of Psychiatry.
Christina is dedicated to inter-generational, community health and well-being that comes from a deep connection to place, people, and memory. Born and raised in Arizona, Christina has twenty years of experience in tribal public health system research and practice in the US and globally.
Maya Magarati, Ph.D. is an Acting Assistant Professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and serves as a core faculty in Seven Directions, A Center for Indigenous Public Health, a part of the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors in the Department. She serves as the Project Lead on the Tribal Opioid Overdose Prevention project. Maya investigates sexual health, community engagement, global Indigenous environmental and behavioral health specifically tied to ecological trauma, resilience and traditional ecological knowledge, and immigrant and refugee cancer and wellbeing.
Danielle Eakins is a licensed clinical psychologist and a research scientist at Seven Directions. Danielle is dedicated to supporting behavioral wellness through collaborative, strengths-based partnerships with Indigenous communities.
Katie M Hess (Native Hawaiian), MPH has spent the past nine years building and managing family support programs emphasizing early childhood and parent support at United Indians of All Tribes Foundation in Seattle, WA. Katie has a BA from UC, Berkeley and an MPH from the University of Washington.
Leo N. Egashira, MBA, is a Japanese-American born and raised in Seattle. He is a Research Coordinator at Seven Directions at the University of Washington and has been with the team since 2018. He was also a Research Coordinator and Newsletter Editor at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute from 2009 to 2018, working primarily on research studies on Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU). He is currently coordinating secondary data analysis work from the TCU dataset.
Lynnette Jordan is a citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwa and a descendant of the Nespelem Band from the Colville Confederated Tribes. She has dedicated herself to advocating for urban Indian services for over 20 years in various capacities in Seattle, WA.
Carly (she/her) is a descendant of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. She worked for Seven Directions as a research assistant while receiving her MPA from the UW Evans School, joining the team officially in the fall of 2021.
Jacob received an MS degree in the UW School of Public Health's Epidemiology Department. He is interested in research on the social determinants of health, as well as the human gut microbiome.
Adam (He/Him) is a third-year undergraduate at the University of Virginia, majoring in Global Public Health. Adam is from the Washington D.C area. Adam predominantly works to maintain and update the Seven Directions website, organizing its layout and improving the end-user experience.
Andrea Paz is an MSW student at the University of Washington. Within her master’s in social work, her concertation is community-centered integrated practice—a modality that aims to center community needs; she’s also completing social work with Social Work Practice With Latinx Communities Traineeship. Her academic interests include historical trauma, narrative therapy, zines, critical social work, and feminist/gender inequities in Health.
Brenda Goh is a graduate student in the Master of Public Health in Health Services program with a social and behavioral sciences concentration at the University of Washington Seattle campus. Her research interests and experiences lie primarily in behavioral health research such as intimate partner violence, substance abuse (specifically on the opioid epidemic and harm reduction), and people with mental illnesses.
Jamie (she/her) is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle. She is majoring in Public Health-Global Health and minoring in Geography. Jamie is Chinese and Taiwanese American and was born and raised in the Seattle area. As a student assistant for Seven Directions, she has worked on several projects relating to substance use data, COVID-19, and other public health issues.
Kiet (He/Him) is currently a graduate student in the School Psychology Educational Specialist program at the University of Washington. His academic interests include culturally sensitive practices, adaptation of assessment tools and treatments, and international school psychology.
Robyn is in her final year of the University of Washington Master of Social Work (MSW) program. Her concentration is within the Administration and Policy Practice (APP). Through her studies and internship, she aims to learn new skills for developing and promoting policies and programs that strengthen well-being of youth, families, and communities. Robyn is also a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow through the UW Canadian Studies Center and pursing advanced French studies.
Shino is a graduate student at The University of Washington, studying in the School Psychology Ph.D program.