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Ahtza Dawn Chavez | Executive Director

Ahtza Dawn Chavez | Executive Director

Ahtza (Ahh-ttsaa) D. Chavez is a two-spirit asdzą́ą́ member of the Diné Nation born for Kewa Pueblo. She is the proud mother to a son and the daughter of Cari W. (Diné) and Everett F. Chavez (Kewa Pueblo). As the Executive Director of NM Native Vote, she oversees partner organizations tasked with educating and creating an Indigenous voting bloc in New Mexico working with key organizations and governance within the state.

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Alma Rosa Silva-Bañuelos | Chief of Staff

Alma Rosa Silva-Bañuelos | Chief of Staff

Alma Rosa Silva-Bañuelos is the Chief of Staff for NM Native Vote and is part of building Native power through strong community relations. From supporting and uplifting staff as well as creating access to systems that have historically left Native voices out, they believe in the strength of identity and in the journey of decolonizing and honoring their whole self as they embrace their two-spirit identity as Mexica Azteca Chichimeca/Xicana.

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Aaron Lee | Indigenous Energy Advocate

Aaron Lee | Indigenous Energy Advocate

Aaron Lee is a Navajo, Cochiti Pueblo, and Oglala Lakota person from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He’s a recent grad from Dartmouth College with a major in Environmental Studies and a minor in Native American Studies. Prior to joining NM Native Vote, Aaron served as a K-8th grade horticulturalist teacher for Bernalillo Public Schools, a forest conservationist for Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, and program site manager for Story Riders.

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Petyr Xyst | Comms Director

Petyr Xyst | Comms Director

Petyr Xyst is from Albuquerque, New Mexico and is a citizen of the Laguna Pueblo. He graduated in 2022 with a BFA in Film and Digital Arts from the University of New Mexico and has been involved in political organizing since the tenth grade for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.

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Maiyah King | Data Fellow

Maiyah King | Data Fellow

Maiyah King is from the Navajo Nation and Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna. A resident of Albuquerque and current University of New Mexico undergraduate majoring in Art Studio with a minor in Native American studies, Maiyah has always had a passion for organizing and began at a young age.

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