Computation tree logic and Kripke structures
CTL formulas are always evaluated from the starting state of the Kripke structure. Indeed, CTL stands for computation Tree logic, and the tree in question is the unwinding of the Kripke structure, starting from the initial state.

If you want to specify that $EF q$ should hold from every (reachable) state, that can be specified as $AGEFq$, which is still a CTL formula.