National Advisory Board

Winoka Yepa

Board Member

Winoka Yepa (she/her/asdzaan), is Diné originally from Shiprock, New Mexico, which is located on the Navajo Nation, also known as Dinétah. Yepa brings a wealth of experience from the arts, museum, education, and Indigenous research fields. Currently, Yepa is a Data and Research Associate with Native Americans in Philanthropy as well as a doctoral candidate in education at the University of New Mexico, in which her dissertation focuses on the development of a pilot program titled “The Reflection Project: A Study on Indigenous Identity and Storywork,” which aims to identify alternative and new representations of Indigenous identity from a decolonial framework, with emphasis on Indigenous epistemologies and storytelling. Yepa also facilitates multiple workshops that center Indigenous people in social justice work as well as workshops on research justice within Indigenous communities, and digital storytelling and digital engagement with Native youth.