#NIEHSFunded Superfund Research Program @UofA. We focus on hazardous waste risk and remediation in the Southwestern United States.

Tucson, AZ
Joined June 2013
Check out this thread to learn more about our incredible UA SRC Trainees! Thank you for a great academic year 🎉
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Wow! Congratulations @1NativeSoilNerd! So proud of you! @WaterPotential
We are pleased to highlight this year’s #2022NDiSTEM keynote, featured, and panel speakers! Join us in welcoming Dr. Lydia Jennings, our featured speaker! To learn more about our speakers, visit our website bit.ly/3CmZmVr
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Honored to be on the cover of @AISES “Winds of Change” magazine, following the footsteps of Indigenous scholars who have inspired me throughout my career. It’s a privilege to represent the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, & extra excited that Salchicha is also featured! – at Palm Springs, CA
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#Indigenous matriarchs with @algore @ClimateVegas. We work to protect Mother Earth for seven generations! We are the carrier of our language & culture & advocate for our people. @TammiTiger @GingerForAZ @ItsNikkiCooley – at Las Vegas, NV
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Engaging conversation with @algore & @PhySciEng Dr. Elena Krieger on “The #ClimateCrisis & its solutions” @ClimateVegas. #Indigenous lands have 80% of Earth’s remaining biodiversity. I talked about #Indigenous led climate solutions, data sovereignty, Indigenous Resilience & more.
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Honoured to be awarded a @SSHRC_CRSH Partnership Grant for "Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction." Our team of land defenders & scholars will work across territories & disciplines to restore #Indigenous governing authority. – at Sunrise Manor, NV
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Met @JonathanScott of Property Brothers @ClimateVegas & had excellent conversation about his documentary “Power Trip” that included featuring #Navajo NTUA #Solar. He said he got a lot of comments about Navajos featured. I look forward to watching it! #leadonxlimate #ClimateAction – at Paradise, NV
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Nicole Horseherder @tonizhoniani on panel moderated by @JonathanScott @ClimateVegas said “It’s the water that called me. Know where your food comes from. Follow the movement & not the people. What we do to the environment, we do to ourselves.” #INDIGENOUS #ClimateAction – at Paradise, NV
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8 @NSF @UAIndigeFewss trainees joined me @ClimateVegas. So wonderful to spend time with them & hear their conversations & passions working with #IndigenousPeoples on #climate, #resilence and food, energy & water challenges @MKacira_UACEAC @MKacira_UACEAC @vkaranikola – at Paradise, NV
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#Indigenous voices @ClimateVegas. @tonizhoniani worked to fight fossil fuels on Dinétah & now energy transition. @ItsNikkiCooley leading Diné worldviews in #ClimateAction & shideezhí @GingerForAZ working in urban sustainability. @NuwuArt tells #INDIGENOUS stories through art. ✊🏽 – at Paradise, NV
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Checked into @ClimateReality at @ClimateVegas with my son. Homeschooling at its best. Excited & honored to be on @algore’s QA panel Monday with Dr @ElenaKriegner to talk about #climate crises & #ClimateAction.
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Read this @NIEHS highlight on my background & work in #environmental challenges facing #Indigenous communities. My passion stems from growing up on Black Mesa & being impacted by coal mining. niehs.nih.gov/research/suppo…
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We are seeking Post-Doc to join @uarizona #Native FEWS Alliance to help us address food, energy & water challenges by developing curriculum & support Native students and professionals in accessing STEM curriculum.arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/care… POC: 
[email protected] @UAIndigeFewss
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Im excited for the talk by Jim Enote (Zuni), CEO of the Colorado Plateau Foundation on “counter mapping articulate what is between” – at Arizona, USA
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Listen to @mrsgreensworld podcast. I talk candidly about my upbringing without electricity & running water & how that influences my work with @UAIndigeFewss & #Indigenous Resilience Center. I didn't mention I haul water today living on #NavajoNation. mrsgreensworld.com/podcast/b…
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ICYMI: This year's #WorldWaterDay theme is Groundwater! If you have a packed #WorldWaterDay calendar already, we've got you covered! Join us on THURSDAY for an exciting conversation on groundwater w/ @nativehydro, @seanderson6 & host @JayFamiglietti! 👉 buff.ly/3q7b8hi
My lab will be presenting on our work on community-based environmental research with #Native Nations on Monday March 28 at 3 PM PST. Join at arizona.zoom.us/j/8842268580… @UAIndigeFEWSS
Found myself on the cover of Green Fire Times. Check out their newsletter at greenfiretimes.com/wp-conten…
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Honored to work with @JaneneYazzie, @vkaranikola, & @UAIndigeFewss trainees to do this work! The power of the sun: cleaning water and charging cell phones in the Navajo Nation » Yale Climate Connections yaleclimateconnections.org/2…
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Join us in 30 min to hear Dr. Otakuye Conroy-Ben speak in #Native Voices in #STEM on "Tribal Wastewater Epidemiology." Dr. Conroy-Ben (Oglala Lakota) is the only known #NativeAmerican US environmental engineering professor. NVIS is hosted by @ @UAIndigeFewss @azengineering CHEE
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I'm looking for a program coordinator to join me in the @uarizona #Indigenous Resilience Center. View job posting at: talent.arizona.edu #REQ9100 @UAIndigeFewss
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