Native Students and STEM with Arielle Platero

03/07/22 • 20 min

In this episode, Clayton interviews Arielle Platero, a recent graduate from Fort Lewis College with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and Minor in Mathematics, She's currently has an internship with Los Alamos National Laboratory and plans to purse graduate school to further her career and to help further inspire other Native American women and students that we achieve our goals and dreams whatever they may be, and that College Education and Degrees are important for them. And that Native American students should be encouraged in find careers in the STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, and Math ) field.

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Enduring Hardship (Achi'į’ Náhwii’ná)

In this episode, Clayton discusses some of the Hardships that the Diné (Navajo People) have endured and that we are a resilient people, he tells a story of Naayéé Neizghání (Monster Slayer) and how he survived the difficulties of fighting different monsters across the land. In more recent history, Hwéeldi- the Navajo Long Walk, the Navajo people were relocated into concentration camps by the US Government for 4 years, away from their Homeland and that the people survived through prayer, Clayton talks about different gifts that can help guide us throughout our daily lives, and that we can use these different gifts to help our people not only to survive but thrive. Ahé’hee!
Photo Credit: 'Long Walk of the Navajos' By Olaf Wieghorst 1987

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