Experience

College Horizons, Inc.

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Nov 2008 - Present

  Carmen is the Executive Director of College Horizons Inc., a national educational non-profit based on the Santa Ana Pueblo near Bernalillo, New Mexico. College Horizons supports the higher education of Native American students by providing pre-college (College Horizons) and pre-graduate (Graduate Horizons) summer programs open to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian high school and college students from across the nation. College completion is the primary measure of College Horizons success, we report that of the 2,900 high school students served to date, 99% are admitted to a 4 year institution, 95% matriculate to college (30% to selective and highly selective institutions), and 85% have graduated from college in four and five years! College Horizons is founded on the premise that bright and talented Native American high school students do not receive quality college-counseling and academic advising. College Horizons is the only national non-profit organization dedicated to college-access and pre-graduate programs servicing a Native American cohort that uniquely partners with 50 Colleges/Universities and expert college counselors and American Indian educators.



Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Scholar Reader (volunteer)

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  For nearly three decades, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has been a premier provider of scholarships to young people across the nation, who through academic excellence, civic engagement, enlightened leadership and community service, are striving to make the world a better place. Nominated to serve a three year appointment as a reader to select Coca Cola regional finalists. For nearly three decades, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has been a premier provider of scholarships to young people across the nation, who through academic excellence, civic engagement, enlightened leadership and community service, are striving to make the world a better place. Nominated to serve a three year appointment as a reader to select Coca Cola regional finalists.



The College Board

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• College Planning Advisory Council

  • Jan 2012 - 2014

  Serves on multiple councils and working groups on college access, college counseling, technology upgrades to BigFuture and YouCanGo websites, and provides insight to unique needs that Native American students and underrepresented students face in college preparation and readiness process. Serves on multiple councils and working groups on college access, college counseling, technology upgrades to BigFuture and YouCanGo websites, and provides insight to unique needs that Native American students and underrepresented students face in college preparation and readiness process.



Gates Millennium Scholars

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Council

  • 2009 - 2012

  Represented the American Indian Graduate Center as council member to advocate on behalf of Native American issues. Represented the American Indian Graduate Center as council member to advocate on behalf of Native American issues.



Indian Dispute Resolution Services

• United States
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • 2006 - 2010

  Served with 7 board members to oversee and assist Executive Director in the fiduciary, strategic planning, and management of the national non-profit. Serve as sounding board to Director, support Chairmanʼs oversight, and participate in committees as assigned. The IDRS was founded in 1989 to assist American Indian communities build the foundations for effective self-government by providing services in dispute resolution (for organizations, government, community); training leaders and staff in negotiation and dispute resolution; engaging tribal nations in government to-government consultations and negotiations with federal, state, local agencies and outside private entities.



Harvard University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director, Native American Program

  • 2003 - 2008

  Carmen served for five years as the Executive Director of the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In her efforts to build a vibrant intellectual community committed to Native American Studies at Harvard, Carmen oversaw the operation of the university-wide Interfaculty Initiative under the Office of the Provost which focused on American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian recruitment and student support; interdisciplinary teaching and research projects on Native issues; and community outreach. Carmen also served as a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Committee on Ethnic Studies, The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, Admissions Reader for the Harvard Kennedy Schools’ Master in Public Policy program, and a Reader and Site Visitor for the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Developments’ Honoring Nations Program.



Cushing Academy

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Faculty, Coach, Dorm Parent

  • Jun 2000 - Jun 2003

  Taught 9th grade, 11th grade, and 12th grade students (in American Politics & Government, US History, andSenior Seminars); co-designed curriculum and taught new interdisciplinary history and English course(American Studies); designed curriculum and taught new history seminars (African-American History,Womenʼs History); dorm parent of thirty girls and head dorm parent of eighty girls for summer session school; head coach of the varsity girlʼs volleyball team and assistant coach for the varsity girls basketball team; faculty advisor of the Student-Faculty Senate, Black Student Union, Open Doors diversity group, and Faculty Forum; participated in the Faculty Technology Initiative; assisted Alumni and Development Office in fundraising events.