We are a small team of talented professionals with a wide range of skills and experience. We love what we do and we look forward to working with you.
Marybelle Nzegwu Tobias
Founder & Principal
I founded E/J Solutions in 2017 after a decade of litigation and policy advocacy on behalf of communities facing disproportionate environmental and socioeconomic burdens across the country. I am an attorney with extensive experience in environmental, climate, housing, transportation, and civil rights law and policy; consensus-oriented meeting design and facilitation; and coalition leadership. My skills include efficient project management, equitable data and policy development, and community outreach & engagement. I speak proficient Spanish.
U.C. College of the Law, San Francisco, formerly U.C. Hastings College of the Law (JD)
U.C. San Diego (BA, Political Science & Political Theory)
Colin Miller
Senior Associate
I am the Energy Justice Organizer and Communications Lead for the Reclaim Our Power Campaign. I have over a decade of experience as a community organizer, coalition builder, and convener. My skills include community outreach and mobilization, real-time interpretation, and meeting facilitation. I am the former Coordinator of the Oakland Climate Action Coalition and formerly provided interpretation for the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organizing School. I am fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.
Stanford University (BA, Urban Studies)
Sarina Vega
Associate
I am experienced in supporting Native American Tribes with climate change adaptation & resilience through landscape design and data solutions that center Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). My skills include mapping and graphic design. I have over seven years of experience working in community with local officials and State agencies to craft and implement bottom-up environmental justice solutions. My research interests include transborder and queer spatial ecologies and cultural/historic landscapes. I speak proficient Spanish and beginners Pashto.
University of Southern California (MLA, Landscape Architecture & Urbanism)
Smith College (BA, Environmental Science & Policy/Studio Art)
UC San Diego Extension (Certificate in Geographic Information Systems)
WeiKuen Tang
Associate
I have 30 years of Cantonese and Mandarin language translation and 28 years of oral interpretation experience. I am adept especially in simultaneous interpretation, experienced in working with people of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, able to adapt to work in most situations and environments, and can work with or without professional audio equipment.
University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., Art History)
Chinese University of Hong Kong (M.Phil, Art History)
Aitran Doan
Associate
I have experience advocating for environmental, immigration, and urban planning justice for systemically disenfranchised communities as well as providing direct services to these diverse communities. I currently work as a housing counselor and tenants rights community organizer at Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco. I speak fluent Cantonese and Mandarin and intermediate Vietnamese, Spanish, and Arabic (Jordanian and Palestinian dialect).
Stanford University (BA, International Relations, Honors in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity)
Tran Diep Lam
Associate
I am a professional sustainability consultant, specializing in renewable energy, industrial decarbonization, and corporate sustainability. I join E/J Solutions to contribute my expertise to the mission of achieving an inclusive sustainability and energy transition. I speak fluent Vietnamese and intermediate Mandarin.
Stanford University (BS and MS, Earth Systems, with a Minor in East Asian Studies)
Angela Nzegwu
Associate
I am a trained facilitator and educator skilled in using dialogic tools to build community power and bridge social difference. Applying an intersectional lens, I lead community-building workshops and develop curricula for leadership development. Through creativity, compassion, and a collaborative approach, my work connects people, resources, and ideas to build communities of belonging, learning, and radical imagination. I have over ten years of experience in administration, program development, and leadership training across various institutions, including colleges, universities, non-profits, and faith-based organizations.
Amherst College (BA, English & Religion)
Duke University (MA, Theology & Ethics)
Amani Will
Associate
I honor, synthesize, and unpack cross cultural information to help dismantle internal & external systems of oppression and free up creative liberation. My primary media are film, music, and the Inner Equity Coaching Council. Council tools include parts work, re-evaluative counseling, DJ.E.D.I. development (deep justice, equity, diversity, & inclusion), social emotional learning, meditation guidance, embodiment and somatic healing practices, energy work, creative liberation techniques, and other indigenous healing pathways.
San Francisco State University (BA candidate, Social Justice and Holistic Health)
Expressions Center for New Media (Certificate in Sound Arts)
Interchange Counseling Institute (Certified Counselor and Life Coach)
Earth Activist Training (Certificate in Permaculture Design)
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