Staff - Center for Native American Youth

Executive Director

Tracy L. Canard Goodluck (she/her) is a proud member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and is also Mvskoke Creek.…

Associate Director of Operations and Strategic Partnerships

María Samaniego (she/her) is a nonprofit leader who has dedicated the last 18 years to improving access to opportunities in…

Programs Manager

Katy Stewart (she/her) joined the Center for Native American Youth in July 2023 after five years with the Aspen New…

Communications Manager

Jamie Levitt (she/her) brings nearly a decade of strategic communications experience to CNAY, having sat in various roles across public…

Senior Program Associate

Tahnee Poafpybitty (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, descending from Chief Little Raven, a Sandcreek…

Program Coordinator

Samantha Hintz (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, born and raised in…

Program Coordinator

Neely Bardwell (she/they) is Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians with her family – the Kenoshmegs – being one…

Communications Intern

Tristan Espinoza (he/him) is a writer and proud Osage Native from outside Dallas, Texas. He is a recent graduate of…

Storytelling Consultant

Alyssa Mosley (she/her) is a citizen of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation and a passionate advocate for Indigenous representation, cultural…

Child Welfare Consultant, 2024 Building Communities of Hope Fellow

Roxy Sprowl (she/they) – Bezhigonoodinkwe, or First Wind Woman – is a former-foster youth turned consultant and nationally recognized public…

Training Facilitator, Youth Advisory Board (YAB) Chair, 2024 Champion for Change, 2024 Democracy is Indigenous Organizer

Ian Teller is Diné (Navajo) and from Tsaile, Arizona, a beautiful community on the Navajo Nation. He is a 2024…