Ivan Simpson-Kent is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge in England where he studies how intelligence develops in the brains of children and adolescence. He hopes to apply insights from his research to help guide education policy, especially for disadvantaged youth struggling to learn in school.

Lauren van Schilfgaarde (Cochiti Pueblo) is the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Tribal Legal Development Clinic Director at UCLA School of Law. She currently serves as a board member for the National Native American Bar Association, as Vice-Chair for the Native American Concerns Committee of the American Bar Association, as a Commissioner for the Lawyers Network Commission of the Center for Reproductive Rights, and as a Board Member of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Child Well-being Program.

Christopher Kilner is a PhD candidate at Duke University, where he uses Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence to study the effects of climate change on biodiversity. Christopher hopes to incorporate AI and Deep Learning into Woape's work on Indigenizing education. As a 2015 Goldwater Scholar and 2017 Mitchell Scholar, he seeks to leverage global connections in the scientific and human rights communities to build an Indigenized 21st Century.

Kianna Pete (Diné) is a 19-year old undergraduate student attending Columbia University. She is the publicity director of the Native American Council and is a student ambassador of Columbia Admissions. Previously, working with her district’s congressman and local tribal government offices, she hopes to gain visibility and representation for Indigenous people within government.

Charitie Ropati (Yup’ik & Sāmoan) is an 18-year-old undergraduate student activist attending Columbia University and a 2019 Center for Native American Youth Champion for Change. She works to decolonize Western pedagogies in public education and addresses the dropout and graduation crisis of Indigenous students through Native-centric curricula.

Truman Pipestem is a citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and is from the Osage Nation and Otoe-Missouria Tribe. He is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and is pursuing a B.A. at Yale University. Truman has worked with IllumiNatives and the Yale Native American Cultural Center, and has been featured in National Geographic and various media outlets for his work.