Krystian Sisson is a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and was born and raised in Oklahoma. She holds a bachelors from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Social Work from WashU in St. Louis, where she was a Buder Scholar. Krystian has worked for the United States Congress through the Udall Foundation Native American Internship Program and was the Rod Lewis American Indian Law & Policy Fellow at Akin Gump in DC. Krystian started a small beadwork business in 2019 called Red Dirt Beadwork, is a mother to a wonderful little girl, and loves to be with family and do anything outdoors.

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