Mission
Darling Nava & Associates connects communities through trust + technical rigor + measurable outcomes to ensure equity goals are achieved, documented, and sustainable.
Leadership Team
As MWBE small business owners, Darling Nava and Estrella Sung forged a strong bond serving together at several advocacy groups and outreach events. Over several years, their partnership has grown to include new clients in the education, healthcare, and transportation industries.
ESJ Consultant, Senior Advisor
Darling is a pioneer in community advocacy, education, and development of M/WBE, VOB, and SBE firms in the construction industry. She began her construction career in 2007, where she learned all aspects of the industry working in multidisciplinary roles—from administrator, contract manager, to project manager on a jobsite.
As the owner of DNA Consulting, she is an independent equity and social justice (ESJ) consultant who previously worked for numerous General Contractors such as Lydig Construction, Spee West Construction, Milne Electric, Korsmo Construction, Zann, Inc., and HNTB
in a similar capacity.
Darling keeps current on equal opportunity and regulations for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her background as a contract administrator has allowed her to work together with small business subcontractors on local and public works projects.
She has had success on numerous projects and has achieved utilization goals when they were not a requirement by the owner. Her experience on inclusion goals includes projects for Seattle Public Schools, King County, Seattle Public Utilities, the Port of Seattle, City of Tukwila, and WSDOT.
Darling Nava holds state minority and woman-owned small business certification. MWBE#M4F0026198
Darling Nava
NAICS Code
541611 - Strategic Planning Consulting Services
541613 - Customer Service Management Consulting Services
813319 - Social Service Advocacy Organizations
ESJ Consultant, Outreach & Engagement
Estrella has more than 20 years of experience in the A/E/C industry, working closely with executives and design principals as a marketing lead and administrative support. Her background includes working at Garry Struthers & Associates, an 8(a), SDVOSB, MBE firm that won multiple awards for diversity in public works projects, including Seattle Public Schools, Odessa Brown Clinic, and the Port of Seattle. For more than 3 years, she has served as principal of an outreach marketing and communications company, SungLass Comms.
She is DNA’s primary consultant on day-to-day tasks, updating clients on equal opportunity and affirmative action regulations for diversity and inclusion to M/WBE | SBE | DBE and local small business subcontractors.
Active in the small business community, she serves as a consultant at Tabor 100, worked on King County’s 4Culture panel, has more than 10 years of experience in various roles for SMPS, and is currently co-chair for special events in the 2026 Pacific Regional Conference.
She has worked with GCs, architects, MEP, and various engineering subcontractors to win public and private sector projects during her decades-long career supporting such firms as Gensler, HDR, NBBJ, Glumac/Tetra Tech, and Golder/WSP.
MWBE #M4F0028279 | DBE #D4F0028279
PWSBE #P000028279 | SCS #4987
Estrella Sung
NAICS Code
541611 - Strategic Planning Consulting Services
541613 - Customer Service Management Consulting Services
813319 - Social Service Advocacy Organizations