Power of

Education Path

Ph.D.     

     Chemistry. University of Arizona,  Tucson AZ

M.A.

     Environmental Engineering.  University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

B.A.      

     University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

 

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Special Career Skills

“For me, I have found that discipline and independence are necessary to complete a Ph.D. Environmental Science and Engineering requires a broad background in biology, physics, chemistry, and math. Public speaking and presentation are also important since I have to relay information to various agencies.”

 

 

Career Choice Decision

What was your career motivation?

“I have always been interested in academia and research.  My goal is to become a professor at a major university. I love math and chemistry and had wonderful teachers in high school. In addition, I thought it would be important to choose a field that would be beneficial to my community. I would also like to mentor Native American students entering college.”

 

 

Benefits of This Career

• Why do you like your career?

• I like to see the "light bulb go off' when I am teaching a student about how to interact with a patient to improve their health.

• Secondly, I like to learn about new ways to care for and communicate with behavioral health clients

• I love to bring a patient to a new level of wellness or to an improved state of mind.

  

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Recognitions

• First Lakota to earn a doctorate in Environmental Engineering.

• Outstanding Graduate Work in Engineering 2005

• Appeared in the movies Dances with Wolves and Mary in  Miracle in the Wilderness

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