EDUCATION 
Current Graduate Student, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Master of Public Affairs
2016, University of Minnesota Duluth, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree
1999, Mesabi College, Associate of Arts Degree
1993, Perpich Center for the Arts, alumna

AWARDS AND HONORS
2016, Bush Leadership Fellowship
2012, Northland NewsCenter Women in Leadership Award

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
President & CEO, Tiwahe Foundation
Executive Director & Founder, Rural American Indigenous Leadership
Program Coordinator & Lead Trainer, Wellstone Action
Rural Leadership Organizer, The White House Project
Guardian ad Litem, State of Minnesota 6th Judicial District
Youth Crisis & Range YLSI, Lutheran Social Services
Regional Field Supervisor, United States Census Bureau
Youth Organizer and Program Lead, Circling to Seventh Generation Program
Program Director and Co-Founder, VISIONS Youth Program

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2008-2018, City Councilor, City of Virginia, Minnesota 
2009-2018, The Northland Foundation, Board of Trustee’s
2011-2018, Governor’s Appointee Sixth Judicial District Judicial Selection Commission 
2015-current, ClearWay of Minnesota, Board of Directors
2017-current, Women’s Foundation of Minnesota,  Board of Directors
2018-current, Minnesota Urban Debate League, Advisory Board

ART EXPERIENCE
2015, MNDOT Visual Quality Committee, Highway 53 Bridge Design
2009, 2015, Mural Committee, Virginia, Minnesota
1997, ARC Northland, Visiting Artist with Disability Specialty
1996, Artist in Residency, Virginia High School Indian Education Program
1995, Smithsonian Art Train, Printmaking Instructor

EXHIBITIONS
2017- This is What Democracy Looks Like, solo exhibit, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
2016- Community Potluck, Lyric Center for the Arts, Virginia, MN
2016-The Mind’s Eye: Inspired by Shakespeare’s First Folio, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
1993- Student Visual Show, Minnesota Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN