Reading Partners Seattle is a nonprofit organization that engages community volunteers to provide students with the proven, individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. We seek to create a more equitable future, one where every child in Seattle has the support they deserve to become strong readers and lifelong learners.
Reading Partners Seattle is powered by AmeriCorps, a federal agency for national service. Each year, our AmeriCorps cohort serves in key roles as reading success coaches and community engagement liaisons—ensuring students and community volunteers are supported and successful throughout the year.
Meet our team
Joyce’s more than two decades in education have been centered around the belief that all young people deserve to be successful in their education and that a high-quality education is key to an equitable society. Joyce is honored to join Reading Partners as the executive director of our Seattle region and to lead an incredibly devoted and talented team. Most recently, Joyce served as the senior director of partnerships at an educational non-profit organization, Unbounded. As a founding team member, she led business development and school district partnerships for more than six years, significantly growing the organization’s impact on the field every year. Before this, Joyce worked at the Regents Research Fund in New York State, guided by the vision of Former U.S. Secretary of Education, John King. Joyce began her career in education as a Teach For America corps member in St. John Parish, Louisiana teaching reading to high school students.
Joyce lives in Seattle with her family and has loved watching her daughter develop a love for and an understanding of how to read. In their free time, they love to travel, explore the Pacific Northwest, and settle in for Friday family movie nights.
Board
Liz McNamara, co-board chair, American Society of Nephrology
Cathy Otto, co-board chair, Learning Well LLC
Cliff Freed, Washington Arbitration and Mediation Services
Fauzia Haq, Amazon
Taylor Johnson, Amazon
Derieontay Sparks, Evergreen Goodwill
Tracy Fontaine, TikTok
Sierra Zhang, Starbucks
Marissa Mierow, Amazon
John Davis, Retired from PACCAR