Alicia Thompson

Alicia identify as a Navajo woman, and her maternal clan is Towering House. She's currently located near the base of the sacred Mount Taylor in the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico. She completed her graduate education from Northern Arizona University, with her studies focused around Indigenous food ways and integrating that into Indigenous environmental management. She is grateful for her mentors in the Applied Indigenous Studies department, School of Forestry, and those working directly in Indigenous communities to strengthen Indigenous food sovereignty and food security.

She'a a landless farmer with chickens, honeybees, native plants, and a foods nursery. She's currently building a food forest demonstration garden using Indigenous permaculture and traditional knowledge. She's also an Indigenous consultant who provides guidance on working with tribal partners, and guidance for tribes in native nation building strategies.

For fun, She loves to take naps, go on hikes, sit in the sun, chill with the chickens, watch reality tv, and eat locally grown foods.