(she, her, hers) I come from the Village of Sitsom'ovi on the Hopi Reservation and am a member of the Roadrunner clan. I was born and raised on Hopi where I attended and received my high school diploma from Hopi Jr./Sr. High School and continued my education at Coconino Community College where I received my Associates Degree in Liberal Studies. Most of my job experience has been in youth development. I am currently employed with The Hopi Foundation as a Program Manager of the Hopi Opportunity Youth Initiative where we strive to improve the career, cultural and educational attainment for all Hopi and Tewa youth. I'm a mother to two young daughters, Rylee (age 14) and Talsi (age 5). I currently sit on the First Mesa Youth Center board and have been a member since July of 2017. I'm an alumnus of the 2015-2016 Hopi Leadership Program cohort. I've also served as a volunteer for my daughter's school Parent Advisory Committee as the Vice President. Since May, 2020, I have been a volunteer for our local Hopi Foundation Relief Team where we are providing aid, mostly food, hygiene products, and PPE for the Hopi community during this COVID-19 pandemic. My passion is in community work where working with, for and alongside the Hopi community members is both rewarding and fulfilling, knowing I am contributing back to the community that help raise me. I strive to set a standard and example to my children and family that we are responsible for ourselves and families we raise and that we all have something to contribute that will benefit ourselves, the greater good of Hopi and the world we live in to make it a better place for those to come after us.