Meet Our Youth
Each year, NAFOA selects a group of highly motivated self-identifying Native youth who are interested in expanding their knowledge of tribal economic development to join our Leadership Summit Class.
Our Leadership Summit Class are selected from a pool of applicants who have qualified for the program by participating in our online career prep and personal finance programming.
Class of 2019
Raquel Anakalea
Bishop Paiute Tribe, Shoshone-Bannock/Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian)
Kyrsha Balderas
Meskwaki Nation
Ariel Farinango
Native Inca
Ashleigh Fixico
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Justice Oglesby
Navajo Nation
Kevin Patrick O'Neal-Smith
Tlingit, Jilḵáat Ḵwáan
Sophie Maria Tiger
Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Kirsten Van Dyke
Oneida Nation, Osage, and Cherokee
Class of 2018
Joshua Bertalotto
Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Jessica Bradby
Pamunkey Indian Tribe
Joshua Emerson
Navajo
Jorge Martinez
Mazahua and Mixtec
Jordan Oglesby
Navajo
Class of 2017
Brandon Baptista
Kanaka Maoli
LaLa Forrest
Pit River Tribe
Mariah Gladstone
Blackfeet, Cherokee
Alana Laanui
Native Hawaiian
Keith Martinez
Oglala Sioux
Taylor Miller
Navajo