Experience

Tohono O'Odham Community College

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Instructor

  • Sep 2017 - Present



The Chupitit Group, llc

• Owner & CEO

  • Jan 2010 - Present

  * Develop & institute company goals.* Screen possible project assignments & clients. * Oversee the recruitment and organization of company consultants. * Manage company assets. ** content author of The Chupitit Group website (currently being revamped). * Develop & institute company goals.* Screen possible project assignments & clients. * Oversee the recruitment and organization of company consultants. * Manage company assets. ** content author of The Chupitit Group website (currently being revamped).



Pawnee Nation College

• American Indian Studies, Chair

  • Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  * AIS Instructor* Manage & maintain current course offerings* Add & develop additional course offerings in response to local Tribal Nation communities* Curriculum committee member for the overall college* Develop & maintain healthy working relationship between PNC and local Tribal Nations * AIS Instructor* Manage & maintain current course offerings* Add & develop additional course offerings in response to local Tribal Nation communities* Curriculum committee member for the overall college* Develop & maintain healthy working relationship between PNC and local Tribal Nations



San Xavier Allottee Association

• Executive Director

  • Sep 2011 - Mar 2013

  Pivotal in setting up & establishing the San Xavier Allottees Association, Inc. (SXAA) first office. --Annual Budget (development, report, review, & request) --Information dissemination to SXAA Board, SXAA clients, San Xavier District & Tohono O'odham Nation. --Program development (Will Writing Program--courted & shaped relationship with the University of Arizona's Indigenous People's Law & Policy program staff attorney and the Native People's Technical Assistance Office to create a mutually beneficial and sustainable program) --Personnel (payroll, assessment/evaluation, scheduling, & training) --Supplies and equipment --Service contract(s) review & hiring --open door policy for all allotment ownersThe San Xavier District is one of eleven distrcts of the Tohono O'odham Nation. It was the first reservation set aside in 1874 by Presidential Order. As such it was subject to the 1887 Dawes Act making the needs of the San Xavier allotment owners unique.



Pima Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Instructor

  • Aug 2003 - Dec 2003

  History 122-Taught fall semester; Tohono O'odham Culture & History History 122-Taught fall semester; Tohono O'odham Culture & History



Tohono O'Odham Community College

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writing & American Indian Studies Instructor

  • Jul 2000 - Jul 2002

  American Indian Studies Instructor -Taught all American Indian Studies/Tohono O’odham Studies courses.-Prepared and ordered texts and supplemental teaching tools for the courses being taught.-Participated in O’odham community activities such as the Tohono O’odham Nation Rodeo and Fair as well as the Tohono O’odham Nation Radio Task Force and several college committees and activities (ie. Curriculum committee, Commencement committee, Faculty Senate, etc.).Writing Instructor (Supervisor -Taught all Freshman Composition classes as well as supplemental writing courses such as Practical Communications and creative writing courses when available.-Prepared and ordered texts and supplemental teaching tools for those classes offered every semester-Participated in O’odham community activities such as the Tohono O’odham Nation Rodeo and Fair as well as the Tohono O’odham Nation Radio Task Force.