Bio
Alanna is a 2009 graduate of Dartmouth College, where she majored in Biology and Native American Studies. She served in the 2010 Teach For America New Mexico Corps and was privileged to teach MS/HS science for the nation of Zuni Pueblo from 2010-2012. Alanna earned her MA in Secondary Education from the University of New Mexico, where she focused her studies in culturally responsive pedagogy for Indigenous students. In her teaching practice, she has worked with community members and Title I schools to better integrate the arts and design thinking into K-12 curricula. Alanna also attended the Institute of American Indian Arts, where she explored painting and drawing as a means to enhance discussion around issues affecting Native youth in schools.
Currently Alanna is in the process of completing her MFA in Community Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. Her thesis work explores the concept of decolonial aesthetics, or using artistic place-making and storytelling as a means of self-determination for Indigenous peoples and communities of color.
Currently Alanna is in the process of completing her MFA in Community Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. Her thesis work explores the concept of decolonial aesthetics, or using artistic place-making and storytelling as a means of self-determination for Indigenous peoples and communities of color.