Our Team

Krystal is an Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne organizer and the former Director of the NDN Collective’s Landback Campaign. She is a grassroots organizer with experience on the frontlines with campaign development and management around social, racial and environmental justice. Krystal’s identity as a Native American veteran is central to her organizing and storytelling. At the heart of Krystal’s work is Sovereignty, LANDBACK, cross movement relationship building and a deep commitment to her People. In healing from her experience as a veteran, Krystal has dedicated herself to embodying what she views as the essential quality of a warrior: a commitment to the well-being of not only her People and their relationship to the land, but that of all Peoples.

Nadya is a passionate community organizer, born and raised in the Bay Area (Ohlone Territory), with a focus on political education, movement relationship building, and returning land to the people and people returning to the land. Nadya currently serves as Director of Operations for Honor The Earth. She holds an MSc in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies from the University of Oxford and a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from UC Santa Cruz.

Aisha is a Palestinian-Muslim grassroots organizer who currently resides in Oakland, California (Ohlone Territory). While living in exile from her homeland, she was raised in Seattle, Washington (Duwamish Territory), with her immediate family and is proud to be the oldest of five rambunctious siblings.

Aisha comes to Honor the Earth with an internationalist ethic and is guided by her commitment to anti-colonial struggles globally. She currently holds an M.A. in Ethnic Studies from San Francisco State University and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Western Washington University.

Ana is Oglala Lakota and Mayan, living in Vancouver, WA on occupied Chinook and Cowlitz territory. She is dedicated to serving her people, has a deep connection to her ancestors, and believes in carrying on their belief in thinking seven generations ahead. This guides her in all aspects of life. Most of her work has been with youth and elders on the grassroots level. She believes that the overall health and well being of her people coincides with the liberation of all Indigenous peoples and Land Back.

Anpotowin (Anpo) Jensen is from the Kiyuksa Tiospaye of the Oglala Lakota Oyate. She was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and earned her B.S in Environmental Systems Engineering and her M.S in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, where she was the first Native woman on Stanford’s Student Global Health Board. As a writer, author, and poet, she interweaves her experiences as an Oglala woman, engineer, tribal college adjunct instructor and advocate for Indigenous solutions in global health & climate change in her creations.

Some of her advocacy roles have included being an Environmental Health Specialist for the International Indian Treaty Council, a youth representative of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Council, and North American Focal Point of the UN Global Indigenous Youth Caucus. In these capacities, she has delivered testimony on the United Nations floor that led to formal policy recommendations on Indigenous languages & health from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to the World Health Organization (WHO). Additionally, she was nominated and selected to serve on the first Youth cohort at the International Conference on Chemicals and Waste Management in Bonn, Germany.

Her work has been featured in & by Forbes Magazine, the Native American 40 under 40 list, Scope, Grist, the UN Youth Envoy, the Oxford Climate Review, The Lancet, Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health, the Journal of Climate Change and Health, and more.

Ashley comes from the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and the Oglala & Sicangu Lakota nations. She is a lifelong Oklahoman living on the frontline of the climate crisis and fossil fuel extraction. Before joining Honor the Earth as their National Campaigns Director, Ash organized various frontline fights in her community in addition to working with national and international environmental justice and Indigenous justice organizations, where she supported Indigenous-led initiatives and fights across Turtle Island. She received a BA from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2010, an MA from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2012, and an MA from the University of Oklahoma in 2014. Her expertise is the intersection between political economy, environment, & race with a keen interest in Indigenous rights and sovereignty and following the money trail. She has received numerous awards for her work in Indian Country, including the Obama Administration’s Young Women Empowering Communities, and her work has been featured in various documentaries, such as VICE’s United States of Oil and Gas.

Camille is Yaqui, she is from Long Beach, CA and was raised in El Paso, Texas, where she currently resides. She considers herself to be a fronteriza (borderlander) with a deep Love for the Paso del Norte region, which encompasses both sides of the political boundary. She has been involved in grassroots movements along the border to include standing in opposition to “the wall”, militarization, ICE detention, family separation, eminent domain, inhumane treatment of asylum seekers, CPB’s illegal policies/practices and violence, along with advocating for disability rights and awareness.

Camille brings experience from working in higher education along with public health and public services. She is deeply passionate about family healing from generational trauma and brings lived experience in navigating complex family dynamics involving addiction and mental illness. She believes that Indigenous sovereignty and rematriation of land is the only way toward a just and sustainable society.

Camille is former Ballet and Tap dancer, a reader, writer, storyteller and the proud Auntie of an incredible niece and nephew, whom she Loves with her entire being.

Conor is a Yaqui wildlife biologist and organizer located in San Diego CA and Tucson AZ. He has a bachelors degree in Native American Studies from CalPoly Humboldt and Masters of Science from University of Arizona in Natural Resources. He has worked in a broad range of fields along the interface of racial equity, environmental justice and ecology. His masters research involved mapping water sources for wildlife along the US Mexico border and managing data from dozens of remote cameras and field sites. He has served as a coordinator for native youth programs, a park ranger for San Diego county, Environmental assistant for the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, LANDBACK Organizer for NDN Collective, cultural gardener for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and most recently as a wildlife biologist for the United States Geological Survey. He believes strongly in fighting for the rights of Indigenous people to caretake their own land through traditional practices and comprehensive scientific methodologies.

A granddaughter of settlers from Eastern Europe, Cheryl has a background in international humanitarian assistance, women's reproductive health and rights, social marketing and climate justice finance campaigns. Her work with Honor the Earth centers Indigenous leadership, rights and sovereignty in national coalition endeavors. Her undergraduate studies focused on sub-Saharan Africa and she holds a master's in international public policy from Johns Hopkins University.

Gina is Anishinaabe from the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and is a leader and organizer who works with and develops new local leaders, facilitates coalitions and assists in the development of campaigns. She prioritizes working with Tribes on civic engagement, environmental justice, water protection issues and Indigenous Sovereignty.

Guarina Lopez of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe is a visual artist, storyteller, athlete, mother, and founder of Native Women Ride & The Indigenous Cycling Collective. Guarina’s work explores the intersections of Indigeneity, Environment, Politics, and Culture. She is the co-director of Running is Prayer, a micro-doc about Indigenous activism and movement as ceremony. Guarina co-directed the recently released Carlisle 200, a short documentary about a bike ride to raise awareness about the history of Indian boarding schools. She is currently working on a book of creative non-fiction short stories.

Hannah is an activist, artist, and mother residing on Anishinaabe and Oceti Ŝakowiŋ lands near Moorhead, MN. Hannah is a grass-roots mutual aid organizer, and community care-giver, who also utililzes art and culture to fight systems of oppression.

Haze has been fighting extractive industry on Anishinaabe and Dakota lands since she moved to Minnesota in 2017. She is now working with Honor the Earth to resist destruction of the Great Lakes region by Talon Metals, Rio Tinto, and other mineral prospecting profiteers. As a descendant of white settlers on Turtle Island, she considers it her responsibility to develop a relationship with the land and water and to join in the fight to protect them for future generations.

Joseph is a recent Macalester college graduate and an organizer who currently resides in the Twin Cities (Dakota territory). He is an Anti-Zionist Jew and committed advocate for decolonial movements across the globe. He is a Twin-Cities based organizer at Honor the Earth and his current work revolves around opposing false climate solutions, including nickel-sulfide mines in Anishinaabe territory, while simultaneously working towards a transition based on repairing relationships with land and water.

Martin Keller is the founder of Media Savant Communications Co. (MSC), a Twin Cities-based consulting company for public relations, marketing communications and multimedia editorial services. MSC serves entrepreneurs, emerging and established small-to-medium-sized businesses, individuals, artists and entertainers, nonprofits like Honor the Earth, and others.

Raphael (they/them) received their Master’s of Science from Penn State University in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. Their graduate research consisted of modeling population-scale social datasets — using machine-learning regression models — to infer systemic patterns involving social-justice issues (i.e., implicit racial bias and decision-making, community voting percentages and taxes). Prior to graduate school, Raphael worked at Facebook (now Meta) as a Product Development Specialist where their main focus was automating operational processes relating to product release. And while at Loyola Law School (Juris Doctor, 2016), Raphael split their course and career time specializing in social justice issues (i.e., race, gender, international human-rights) and working with businesses addressing environmental or human justice issues.

Haŋ mítakuyapí. Taŋyaŋ yahípí kšto! Wašiču čaze kí Sabrina Pourier na Lakol čaze kí Išta Čaŋpa Wíŋ emačíyapí ŋa haŋ iŋyuŋhaŋ čaŋté wašté ŋapéčuzapí kšto! Mŋíluzahaŋ el watí na wašúŋ-taŋka ematahaŋ. Iŋawíyé Huŋkpapa oyaŋké na Mŋíkožu oyaŋké hematahaŋ. Átéwiyé Oyuhpé oyaŋké hematahaŋ. Tokša áké, áŋpetu wasté yuha pé. Ŋaké ŋula wauŋ.

Sabrina is a mother, eldest daughter, artist, and dancer. Growing up in a strong cultural background, she dances between two roads with the same belief: to walk with and for Mother Earth. In 2016, she was a water protector during the Dakota Access Pipeline movement, camping in subfreezing temperatures along Íŋyaŋwakağapi Wakpá (Cannonball River.) Currently, she is pursuing a bachelor's in business administration with an emphasis in Lakota Studies. Hailing from the Mnicoujou, Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota tribes of the Oceti Sakowin, she stays close to her people's origin story, living in Rapid City, SD with her son. In her free time, she enjoys beading and sewing, gathering wild fruits/foods in the summer, hiking, hunting in the colder months, and going to pow-wows with her family.

Tracy grew up on the Crow Creek Reservation in central South Dakota. He is Hunkpati Dakota and Sicangu Lakota. After high school he went onto college at Dakota Wesleyan University where he majored in Physical Education and minored in Coaching. After college, Tracy met his wife and moved to Rapid City, SD where he was introduced to the non-profit sector. Helping people has always been his passion. He loves working behind the scenes, seeing the progress, and watching the beautiful outcomes that started as an idea. Tracy is continuing his schooling by adding accounting to his resume. Tracy loves working with people and being part of a team that encourages and empowers its people and community. Family, culture, and his community played a huge role in who he is today and what he stands for.