Jennifer S. Nanez, MSW, LMSW, currently serves as a Lecturer II with the University of New Mexico, Division of Community Behavioral Health in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Ms. Nanez is an enrolled tribal member of the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico and is a daughter, sister, an auntie; and mother to two young Indigenous matriarchs in training. Ms. Nanez has been in the social work and education fields for nearly 30 years, with experience working across Tribal, Urban Indian, Federal and University Systems; all with an emphasis in being of service in the American Indian population. Ms. Nanez’s interests lie in suicide prevention and mental health treatment support. Ms. Nanez works to promote effective community engagement and clinical practice, while emphasizing cultural resilience, connection to traditions, Indigenous based knowledge, and healing in American Indian Tribes and communities.