We bring together Navajo Nation leaders with design and construction professionals, local non-profit organizations, Diné artists and entrepreneurs, academic institutions, and tribal administrators to build community around a self-sustaining cultural and economic core.

STAFF

CARMIRAE HOLGUIN
Co-founder and Executive Director

TONIA SING CHI
Co-founder and Community Design Architect

JOSÉ GALARZA
Co-founder and Project Manager

TASHEENA UPSHAW
Lead Apprentice Builder

COLLABORATORS

MARIAH ASHLEY
Natural Building Instructor

RAYMOND BLACKWATER
Construction Manager

GURU DAS BOCK
Rammed Earth Instructor

NATHANIEL COTTRILL
SEHP Participant

SAMANTHA EDDY
Student Design Fellow

BIANCA MONDRAGON
Natural Building Instructor

SHUNDANA YUSAF
Co-founder and Grant Writing Consultant

LARAMIE HOLGUIN
Site Foreman

JAKOBI SMITH
Apprentice Builder

SHANIELLE DEMPSEY
Apprentice Builder

CAROL CHARLEY
SEHP Participant

STEPHEN YAZZIE
Electrician

KEENAN HARVEY
Plumber

SHAYLA HASKAN 
Caterer

KARLETTA JONES
Accountant

Board AND ADVISORS

ADRIENNE CAESAR
Advisor

HIROKO YAMAMOTO
Advisor

FRANCI TAYLOR
Board President

RENAE HOSHNIC
Advisor

OUR PARTNERS

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