About The Cap Project Team

Shonni's Story

Shondrea “Shonni” Dixon is a community builder and advocate dedicated to creating spaces of healing, support, and opportunity. She is the founder of Compassion Amongst Peers (CAP), a project designed to elevate peer mentorship, cultural grounding, and trauma-informed practices as pathways to resilience.

Rooted in Seattle, Shonni has spent her career walking alongside children, families, and communities as they navigate challenges such as housing instability, systemic barriers, and the impact of trauma. Her approach is both professional and deeply personal—shaped by her own lived experiences as a caregiver and community leader.

With a strong background in property management, case management, and social services, Shonni bridges the gap between systems and people. She has worked with housing authorities, hospitals, and nonprofits across King County, always centering dignity, equity, and voice. She believes lasting change is built on trust, collaboration, and the power of community to come together in meaningful ways.

As an MSW student at Tulane University, Shonni continues to sharpen her skills in clinical-community social work. Through CAP, she envisions a network where people don’t just find services, but also belonging, empowerment, and hope.

Shonni's Role:
As the founder, Shonni serves as the primary consultant with our organizational partners and leads project development for workshops, outreach, and case management services. She provides guidance and support to our team. She plays a critical role in developing the skills of client-facing staff, ensuring they provide compassionate, effective, and culturally competent services. She helps maintain the quality and consistency of CAP Projects’ programs by offering mentorship, coaching, and feedback to enhance service delivery and client outcomes.

Presh's Story

The CAP Project is guided in part by the leadership of Presh Jones, a community-centered nonprofit professional with more than 15 years of experience advancing equity, civic engagement, and community empowerment. Presh’s career is rooted not only in compassion, strategy, and collaboration but also in deeply personal experiences of navigating inequitable systems. As a young adult, Presh had to advocate persistently for themselves in order to secure stable housing and access healthcare—experiences that revealed firsthand how systemic barriers disproportionately impact vulnerable families. That lived reality continues to fuel their commitment to building more accessible, culturally responsive pathways for others.

Professionally, Presh has worked across diverse sectors of the nonprofit world, bringing expertise in volunteer recruitment and retention, community partnership building, conflict resolution, equity practices, and organizational development.  With an expertise in curriculum development and opertions development, they have designed and facilitated volunteer training programs, built sustainability strategies, supported grassroots nonprofits with grant writing, and created long-term plans for community impact. Their work has touched communities ranging from reentry programs and harm reduction initiatives to senior care and civic engagement projects.

Currently pursuing thier M.S. in Human Services, Nonprofit Management from Purdue University—and holding a B.A. in Counseling along with an A.A. in Addiction Counseling—Presh blends academic expertise with lived experience. Through The CAP Project, they continue thier mission: to break down barriers, amplify voices, and foster sustainable, community-led solutions that last.

Presh's Role

As a founding member of our team, Presh is a consultant to our community partners, is the lead curriculum writer for our workshops, and leads our project management efforts for case management and outreach. They provide operational support to our team and play a critical role in developing the protocol and workflow for our team-- ensuring compassion, effectiveness, and culturally competent service are our focus.