Ahtza studied Sociology at Stanford University until her senior year when she transferred to the University of New Mexico. She has an MBA from the UNM Anderson School of Business and a Master of Studies in Law (MSL) from the UNM School of Law with a concentration in federal Indian law. Her vision includes focusing on increasing civic engagement within Native American communities, continuing to collaborate and unify a voter bloc while strengthening Indigenous sovereignty and control over sacred lands. She also wishes to reinvigorate the power of Tribal leaders to exercise sovereignty as it comes to battling the climate crisis.

She is the small business owner of IndigeLens Media, which focuses on showcasing Indigenous voices, enhancing Tribal community, promoting social entrepreneurship, and increasing visibility of authentic representations of Indigenous culture.

Born in Albuquerque and raised in San Felipe Pueblo, Charlotte received a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico and previously worked in government relations, Tribal administration, human resources, and as an administrative officer in the Indian Health Service. Charlotte has most recently served as vice chair of New Mexico Voices for Children, president of Emerge New Mexico, and chair of the San Felipe Pueblo Health Board. She lives in Albuquerque with her husband, Joseph (Mescalero Apache/Ohkay Owingeh). They are the proud parents of Victoria, Daniel and Christopher and 10 grandchildren. In 2022, Charlotte became state representative for NM House District 68, representing northwest Albuquerque.

Having been a community organizer in their hometown of Albuquerque since the late 1990s and having worked across New Mexico facilitating local and rural communities in self-organizing for social, environmental, economic, reproductive and gender justice, Alma Rosa has worked with many local, statewide, regional, national, bi-national organizations and community groups.

Alma Rosa is a co-founding member of Bold Futures, and served as a founding Board of Directors member for the Transgender Resource Center of NM and Casa Q. They served as the founding Director of the LGBTQ Resource Center at UNM and is the founder of the NM LGBTQ Roundtable. Alma Rosa was recognized by the Recuerda Cesar Chavez Committee and was awarded the Dolores Huerta “Si Se Puede” Award in 2013 for lifelong commitment to community, social and human rights issues.

Bernadette has several years’ experience as a mentor, mentor trainer, and supervisor of several mentoring programs, and has more than fourteen years experience in grassroots organizing in the Albuquerque area as co-coordinator of the International District Healthy Communities Coalition, co-chair of the ABQ CiQlovia Project, and member of the Highland High School Community School Council.

With the support of many partners, family and community, Bernadette continues to be an advocate for our Native families who deserve access to housing, healthy food, safer infrastructure and the right to live a long healthy, prosperous life. She is the proud mother to one teenage son.

In 2018, Atcitty got a Master’s in Sustainable Business from Presidio Graduate School, establishing an entrepreneurship journey in sustainable business. Her current work is with non-profit organizations like Naeva to highlight, organize, and advocate clean energy issues and a regenerative economy on Tribal land.

Aaron Lee now serves as the Climate and Energy Policy Fellow for Naeva and NM Native Vote and is a part of Naeva’s Indigenous Energy Team whose focus is on improving the environmental quality for Native and New Mexican people, decarbonizing New Mexico’s economy and reducing/mitigating further greenhouse gas emissions that disproportionately afflict Indigenous and frontline communities. Aside from Aaron’s passions for environmental justice and Indigenous food sovereignty, he also writes music and tours with his band Side Montero and enjoys staying active.