Region 3 Representative: Cydney Walters Hometown: Navajo, Arizona
Major: Environmental Science with an emphasis on Water Resource Management Year: 4th Year Undergraduate Tribe: Navajo Quote: "Live Long and Prosper." |
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President: Kiana KayeHometown: Tucson/Phoenix, Arizona Major: Public Health Minor: American Indian Studies and Adolescents, Community & Education Year: 4th Year Undergraduate Tribe: Navajo Quote: "“If you were born with the weakness to fall. You were born with the strength to rise.” “You do not just wake up and become the butterfly, Growth is a process” - Rupi Kaur |
Vice President: Natasha ManygoatsHometown: Leupp, Arizona
Major: Material Science Engineering Minor: Optical Sciences Year: 3nd Year Undergraduate Tribe: Navajo Quote: Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors.― Nikola Tesla |
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Treasurer: Drew LaughterHometown: Gilbert, Arizona
Major: Biomedical Engineering Year: 3rd Year Undergraduate Tribe: Navajo Quote: |
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Secretary: Breanna Salt
Hometown: Leupp, Arizona
Major: Optical Engineering and Material Engineering
Minor: Mathematics
Year: 2nd Year Undergraduate
Tribe: Navajo
Quote: One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away. ― Stephen Hawking
Major: Optical Engineering and Material Engineering
Minor: Mathematics
Year: 2nd Year Undergraduate
Tribe: Navajo
Quote: One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away. ― Stephen Hawking
Co-advisor: Dr. Karletta ChiefHometown: Black Mesa, AZ
Faculty (Asst. Professor in Dept. of Soil, Water, & Env Sciences) Tribe: Navajo Dr. Chief (Diné) is an Assistant Professor and specialist in the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Arizona (UA). Dr. Chief is the faculty advisor for UA AISES. The goal of Dr. Chief’s research is to improve the understanding and prediction of water flow through unsaturated soils and watersheds. Dr. Chief works to improve tools to support water management and decision-making and further understand how natural and human disturbances may affect watersheds such as climate change and fire. Dr. Chief also works on how climate change will impact Indigenous communities. By working with other hydrologists and social scientists, Dr. Chief works to identify and mitigate environmental risks to vulnerable populations. Dr. Chief is an advocate for Indigenous communities and works to bring relevant science to Native American communities in a culturally sensitive manner. |
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