NaCRI BOARD MEMBER

Maria Cardenas

(Manchester Point Arena Band of Pomo Indians/Michoacán/Latina), NaCRI Board Secretary

• Chair, Ya-Ka-Ama Indian Education, Inc., in Santa Rosa, currently overseeing an evacuation and resource center set up on Ya-Ka-Ama’s land to assist Glass climate fire evacuees

• President, Native American Student Council, Santa Rosa Junior College

• Drug and alcohol counseling

• Passion for working with, and advocating for, underserved minorities

• Future educational and career goals involving health care and the foster care system