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
Executive Director

TONIA SING CHI
Community Design Architect

JOSÉ GALARZA
Project Manager

ALESSIA PLUMMER
Architectural Intern

TASHEENA UPSHAW
Lead Builder

COLLABORATORS

MARIAH ASHLEY
Natural Building Instructor

RAYMOND BLACKWATER
Construction Manager

GURU DAS BOCK
Rammed Earth Instructor

CRAIG BROWN
Field Officer

NATHANIEL COTTRILL
SEHP Participant

SAMANTHA EDDY
Student Design Fellow

BIANCA MONDRAGON
Natural Building Instructor

JUSTICE RAMOS
Water Systems Instructor

DALTON SINGER
Kayenta Staff

SHUNDANA YUSAF
Grant Writer

LARAMIE HOLGUIN
Site Foreman

JAKOBI SMITH
Builder

SHANILLE DEMPSY
Builder

CAROL CHARLEY
SEHP Participant

STEPHEN YAZZIE
Electrician

KEENAN HARVEY
Plumber

Board AND ADVISORS

ADRIENNE CAESAR
Advisor

HIROKO YAMAMOTO
Advisor

FRANCI TAYLOR
Board President

RENAE HOSHNIC
Advisor

OUR PARTNERS

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