Alycia Barrow has worked in the grocery industry since she was 19 years old, and says, “The best part of my job is interacting with the customers and my coworkers, especially when I’m able to make a positive impact on that person’s day.”

Alycia has stepped-up on and off the job to make her community a better place, “Outside of company training, I have a diverse set of skills, from being trained on de-escalation tactics, to knowing how to deal with someone in a mental health/addiction crisis, and who to call. I am also trained on how to use Narcan and know general community resources, having to navigate those systems for my own family.”

Outside of her work at her grocery store, she has been active a prolific community activist and has organized around anti-racism and housing justice. “Recently I was a volunteer for a 90 day sanctioned camp in Burien called Sunnydale Village, and have been active around the lack of resources for unsheltered people in that community and overall in our greater region.”

She has three published opinion pieces published in the South Seattle Emerald, one on policing in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, two others on education and segregation in schools.

Alycia is planning to return to school in the near future to continue her pursuit of community justice with a Social and Human Services degree. Super smart, with a strong moral compass that points to “treating those around me with kindness and empathy,” and the courage to stand-up for what is right; Alycia has what it takes to take on the struggles people face today.