Mariessa K. Fowler, Navajo Nation
Northern Arizona University
Tribal Public Policy
Mariessa is an environmental science major with an emphasis in policy and administration. She is currently an undergraduate attending Northern Arizona University. Coming from the Navajo Nation as a first generation student, she is passionate about Indigenous issues concerning the environment and their access to resources. She is determined to go back to her community and help her people get access to the resources they need. She serves in the Ambassadors for the College of Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences and Women in Wildlife and Conservation. She enjoys learning about agroecology and ethnobotany along with Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge.