Natika Washington

At a glance

Stated priorities

From the candidate’s announcement, as reported by the Evanston RoundTable. Listed, not evaluated.

• Academics and racial disparities [1]
• District finances [1]
• Community unity [1]

Record

Facts from public records, campaign filings and published news reports, each checked against its primary source. Same categories and the same review for every candidate. Listed, not evaluated. Last reviewed Tue Oct 6, 2026.

Campaign finance

• 2016–2024Federal Election Commission records list 10 contributions from Washington between April 2016 and January 2024 totaling $855, counting each contribution routed through ActBlue once and excluding tips to ActBlue, to Hillary for America, the DCCC, Biden for President and the DNC.[4]
• Oct 2026As of Oct. 6, 2026, the Illinois State Board of Elections listed no political committee for her.[5]

Public office

• Apr 2015A U.S. State Department newsletter identifies her as Director of Global Programs in the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues.[6]
• 2025–2026She was one of 28 applicants, and one of four finalists, for a vacant District 65 board seat; the board president said on Dec. 15, 2025 that the board was deadlocked on the appointment, and the regional superintendent appointed Chris Van Nostrand on Feb. 2, 2026.[7][8][9][10]

Property and taxes

• Aug 2022She bought 404 Barton Ave., Evanston, by trustee's deed dated Aug. 22, 2022 for $295,000, and by quitclaim deed executed Jan. 17, 2023 transferred it to the Natika Shaunette Washington Trust.[11][12]

Legal and regulatory

• 2024–2026Since Oct. 31, 2024 the U.S. Small Business Administration has listed T.O.B.Y. Agency LLC as a certified Women-Owned Small Business, and as of Oct. 6, 2026 the Illinois Unified Certification Program directory lists it as a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise.[13][14]
• Jun 2024The City of Evanston's June 25, 2024 bills list includes a $2,500 Entrepreneurship Support Grant to T.O.B.Y. Agency LLC, the company she describes herself as founding (Tomorrow Owned By You), one of four such grants on that list totaling $7,600.[15][16][8]

Statements and conduct

• Dec 2025In answers to RoundTable questions posed to the four finalists for the vacant board seat, she described herself as "a decorated veteran of the USAF" and founder and CEO of Tomorrow Owned By You, and named "securing long-term fiscal health, restoring community trust, and ensuring all students receive an academic excellence that supports their different needs" as the district's goals.[8]
• Oct 2026Announcing her candidacy, she said, "I don't think we can normalize the persistent racial disparities that we have with our academic outcomes," and "I'm not scared to ask hard questions, and I've already begun to ask them about our finances."[17]