Evan Briggs is a dedicated educational advocate and community leader, deeply invested in transforming Seattle's school system. As a mother of three students in Seattle Public Schools she understands firsthand the challenges and opportunities within our educational landscape. Evan brings a unique blend of community engagement and a commitment to social justice. Her community and civic action includes having served as chair of the PTO at her children’s elementary school, an experience that profoundly deepened her understanding of the systemic inequities within our school system and largely compelled her to run for school board. Furthermore, her experiences running a summer program for children of East African refugees and creating a jazz program for incarcerated youth highlight her belief in education as a vehicle for social change. Currently she serves as the Sand Point Elementary PTA representative on the Magnuson Park Advisory Committee.

Endorsed by current and former School Board Directors, legislators and more, Evan is not just about patching holes in the system; she aims to rewrite the narrative of what education in Seattle can and should be. Deeply committed to making Seattle's schools more responsive, transparent and just, Evan will be a strong voice on educational equity, student mental health, and fiscal responsibility.

Professionally, Evan is an independent documentary filmmaker whose short films have premiered in film festivals all over the country. She has taught filmmaking through the Digital Media Academy in San Francisco, as well as at the Seattle Film Institute and Seattle University, and was the in-house videographer for Seattle Children’s for nearly a decade. Her first feature length film, The Growing Season, received press coverage from numerous national and international media outlets, and inspired the Care Across Generations Act which was first introduced on the U.S. Senate floor in May 2019. The bill was sidelined due to COVID, and is now being reintroduced in 2023.

Evan received an M.F.A. in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University and a B.A. in Literature from Duke University. She lives in the View Ridge neighborhood of NE Seattle with her husband and their three children.