Tanja is a mission-driven CPA with experience working for and in nonprofits. She has done accounting for small organizations like her children’s neighborhood schools’ PTAs, as well as larger organizations like in her current role at Our Just Future (formerly known as Human Solutions). She earned a math degree from the University of Texas and started her career as a schoolteacher in Los Angeles. Later in life, she earned her CPA and MBA and began work in the nonprofit sector. It’s an honor and joy to both believe in and have fun with her work. She has lived, worked and played in Portland with her family since 2007.

Favorite places or activities in our service area: Leach Botanical Garden, Powell Butte Nature Park and Kwan Yin Temple of Oregon.