Enei Begaye is Táchii’nii clan & born for Tódích’ií’nii clan. She is of the Diné (Navajo) & Tohono O’odham Nations. Enei grew up on the Navajo reservation. She is from the community of Shonto, AZ and went to high school at Monument Valley High School in Kayenta, AZ. Enei is a recognized advocate of Indigenous Peoples rights, youth, and the environment. She is an active speaker, strategist, writer, and organizer. Her experience includes work within the United Nations as well as national and local governments, representing Indigenous and environmental interests. Enei is a co-founder of the Native Movement Collective, a non-profit organization working to build community and healthy relationships between all people. She has worked as the water campaigner for the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), where she worked with Indigenous communities throughout the U.S. to protect their water resources. Enei serves on the board and steering committee of a number of national networks. Among other recognitions, Enei has recently been presented with Arizona’s Native American “Woman of Our Community” award as well as the Southwest’s “Water Guardian” award. Enei studied Geological and Environmental Sciences with a focus in land and water management at Stanford University. Enei is currently based out of Flagstaff, AZ, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.

Wahleah is Salt clan born for Red Bottom People, her maternal grandparents are Manygoats and her paternal grandparents are Towering House. She comes from the Navajo (Dine) tribe that is located in northern Arizona. She is from the community of Forest Lake, which is one of several communities atop the Black Mesa region. Her community is one near the operation of Peabody Western Coal Company’s Black Mesa mining operations. Wahleah has grown up seeing the harsh effects of coal mining on her community -- from the relocation of her people to the present issue of groundwater depletion and land exploitation. She has been working with Black Mesa Water Coalition from its beginning. She is a strong advocate for indigenous peoples’ rights, environmental justice and restorative justice. Wahleah is also apart of a number of climate and environmental justice networks who are addressing global climate change and environmental racism in indigenous and people of color communities all over the world.

Kimberly is of the Diné (Navajo) Nation. She grew up on the Navajo reservation. Kim is an advocate of indigenous peoples rights, youth and the environment. Kim has volunteered with grassroots organizations within the local and national arenas. Kim was also active in getting Northern Arizona University to become greener and getting Campus Climate Challenge enacted in Northern Arizona. Kim studied applied indigenous studies at Northern Arizona University.

A Dine woman from Cedar Springs, Arizona. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Environmental Science. Chelsea is using her teachings from the university to run the Campus Climate Challenge program. She is helping reservation schools create innovative solutions to combat climate change under this program.

Somana (Parrot/Katsina/Chiisha) is from the Village of Hotevilla, on 3rd Mesa on the Hopi Reservation, and her grandmother's family is from Big Mountian. She was raised on the Hopi reservation, and attended Hotevilla-Bacavi Community School then graduated from Hopi High School. She is currently attending Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, AZ. Somana has written for the Navajo-Hopi Observer and the Hopi Tutuveni newspapers since the age is 15, and continues to cover positive news through out the Hopi and Navajo Reservations and Northern Arizona. She is also a young Hopi quilter, and soft sculpture artist and has been actively showing her works at the Museum of Northern Arizona's annual Hopi Show. Somana is a mother of two children, and wife of Gabriel Yaiva, Owner/Artist/Producer for 4th World Entertainment and Director of the Peace and Balance Project. She is the daughter of Rosanda Suetopka-Thayer and the late Steven Thayer. Her family is now based in Flagstaff, and she also maintains a family home in Hotevilla village. Somana also has a passion for cooking, and is in the process of making a cookbook with traditional recipes and dishes from Hopi and Navajo in her spare time.

Is Deeshchii'nii & Naasht'ézhí Tábaahí, born for Ashiihi & Yé'ii Táchii'nii. from Béégashii Bi' To'ii in the Black Mesa area, born into the Tsidi To'ii.