Jourdan Bennett-Begaye is of the Diné (Navajo) Nation. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree as a Newhouse Fellow in the Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism Program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

After receiving her B.A. in Athletic Training and English-Communications from Fort Lewis College, she co-founded the Survival of the First Voices Festival. She’s also a freelance writer and has been contributing to Native Peoples Magazine since 2014. In her free time, Jourdan helps out Native artists with their independent projects.

Jourdan’s work