Our Team

She is the small business owner of IndigeLens Media, which focuses on showcasing Indigenous voices, enhancing tribal community, promoting social entrepreneurship, and increasing visibility of authentic representations of Indigenous culture and language.

Ahtza studied Sociology (urban policy) at Stanford University until her Senior year when she transferred to the University of New Mexico. She has an MBA from the UNM Anderson School of Business and a Master of Studies in Law (MSL) from the UNM School of Law with a concentration in federal Indian law. Her vision includes focusing on increasing civic engagement within Native American communities, continuing to collaborate and unify a voter bloc while strengthen Indigenous sovereignty, and control over our sacred lands. She also wishes to reinvigorate our powers as Native tribal leaders and continue to build broadband and solar project on Indigenous land.

Alma Rosa has been a community organizer in their hometown of Albuquerque, NM
since the late 1990’s and has worked throughout New Mexico facilitating local and rural
communities to self-organize for social, environmental, economic, reproductive and
gender justice. Alma Rosa has worked with many local, statewide, regional, national, bi-
national organizations and community groups to continue movement building for
another world that is possible. Alma Rosa is an anti-oppression trainer, LGBTQ cultural
competency trainer and has trained statewide as well as nationally. In recognizing the
systems of oppression and colonial structures they continue to organize towards
another world that is necessary.  Alma Rosa has worked with Transgender asylum
seekers and created networks of support for post-release efforts with the Santa Fe
Dreamers Project in the Southwest region and in partnership with TransLatin@ Coalition
in Los Angeles, CA.  Their organizational and Board development background have
fostered values of relationship building, collaboration, networking, creativity and conflict
resolution.

Alma Rosa is a co-founding member of Young Women United aka Bold Futures a 20+ yr
non-profit organization in ABQ, NM. Alma Rosa served as a founding Board of Directors
member for the Transgender Resource Center of NM (TGRCNM) and Casa Q. Alma
Rosa served as the founding Director of the LGBTQ Resource Center at the University
of New Mexico and is the founder of the NM LGBTQ Round Table. They also served on
the Equality New Mexico (EQNM) Board and was the C4 Chair. Alma Rosa also served
as a Co-Chair of the Coordinating Council for the Southwest Network for Environmental
and Economic Justice, SNEEJ. Alma Rosa was recognized by the Recuerda Cesar
Chavez Committee and was awarded the Dolores Huerta “Si Se Puede” Award, 2013
for lifelong commitment to community, social and human rights issues.

Aaron Lee now serves as the Climate and Energy Policy Fellow for Naeva and NM Native Vote and is a part of Naeva’s Indigenous Energy Team whose focus is on improving the environmental quality for Native and New Mexican people, decarbonizing New Mexico’s economy and reducing/mitigating further greenhouse gas emissions that disproportionately afflict Indigenous and frontline communities. Aside from Aaron’s passions for environmental justice and Indigenous food sovereignty, he also writes music and tours with his band Side Montero and enjoys staying active.