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Maria is a Lead Product Development Manager at Lumen Technologies and although her career in Telecom began by accident, she's spent the prior 13 years building relationships with customers, sales teams, and delivery organizations alike. Previously Maria served her community as a Social Worker in many different roles: Hospice and Medical Social Worker, TANF Social Worker, Adoption Home Study, and Post-Placement Social Worker, among others. Today, she volunteers as a King County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and as a Westside Friend with the West Seattle Senior Center. Maria earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Northwest Missouri State University before serving with City Year Seattle/King County as a member of the City Heroes program. She also earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Denver.
Molly Metz is a longtime educator and community advocate with a deep commitment to service and supporting young people through life鈥檚 transitions. She began her journey with City Year as a corps member in her hometown of Chicago (鈥97鈥撯98), then helped launch Seattle鈥檚 inaugural corps as a Service Leader (鈥98鈥撯99). Molly believes City Year offers 鈥渁 year to learn more about yourself and your community鈥攖o be mentored and to mentor others,鈥 and she credits the experience as the foundation of her lifelong work in education.
Following her service, Molly co-founded and led PrepNorthwest, a tutoring company dedicated to helping college-bound high school 麻豆国产, which she owned and operated for 20 years. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from The College of Wooster, where she competed in cross country and track and was named an Academic All American.
Molly has lived in Seattle鈥檚 Beacon Hill neighborhood for over two decades. During that time, she has served as a foster parent, co-authored an SAT math book, and trained as a death doula. In her free time, she enjoys cheering on the Seattle Storm and playing cribbage at Queer Cribbage Nights.
