(Pueblo of Cochiti)
Director of Communications
Joannie Suina is an EcoFeminist Indigenous scholar from the Pueblo of Cochiti, NM whose works seeks to illuminate the ongoing healing efforts led by Native Women in Native Communities. Suina is the beautiful blending of her Puebloan, French, and Irish Roots. She stands beside her community as a daughter, mother, auntie, and cultural revitalizer.
Suina holds a B.A. in Native American Studies, a Master of Jurisprudence in Indian Law, and recently completed her doctoral studies at the University of Washington, Tacoma (Muckleshoot Cohort for Native American Educational Leadership Scholars) where she earned a Doctorate in Education, Educational Leadership.
Suina also had the honor of serving on the NABS Board of Directors from 2018-2023.