Stacey's awareness of the need for comprehensive and humane immigration reform was heightened while serving two terms with AmeriCorps. She tutored and mentored students of all ages within the large and primarily Spanish-speaking immigrant community that makes up the work force of the agriculture industry in North Central Washington.  After AmeriCorps she advocated for immigrants' access to quality health care in her work with community health care clinics in North Central and Western Washington.  She also advocated for her fellow workers as a member of the SEIU 1199NW bargaining team, successfully negotiating a contract with her employer that protected workers' rights and provided for fair wage increases. 

Since early 2008 she has been fighting to protect women's reproductive rights as a founding member of the Planned Parenthood Action League of Tacoma.  Meanwhile, upon reports of human rights abuses at the newly constructed NW Detention Center in Tacoma, increasingly frequent ICE raids and incidents of hate crimes across the country she sought avenues to respond with action.   She calls the opportunity to dedicate herself full time to the immigrant rights movement and the struggle for comprehensive immigration reform a "dream come true.''