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Hema Patel
Saybrook ‘23
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Major: History of Science, Health, and Medicine & Education Studies Certificate
Native Nation: Turtle Mountain Ojibwe & Gujarati American
Hema (she/her) is a member of Yale’s hip-hop dance team (Rhythmic Blues) and co-leads Yale CityStep, an organization that teaches dance to students in New Haven. She is spending her senior year as student Head of the NACC Student Staff and can’t wait to continue to make the NACC a safe and welcoming place. She is also spending senior year working on her dual fellowships, Mellon Mays and Malcolm McDonald, studying beadwork and Indigenous health care activism. She loves beading, face-timing her sisters, eating Hot Cheetos, and learning her cultural languages Hindi and Ojibwe.
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Mikiala Ng – Head of House Staff
Pierson ‘24
Hometown: Waialua, Oʻahu
Major: Art (Painting/Printmaking)
Native Nation: Hawaiian
Mikiala Ng (she/her) is a junior from Hawaiʻi and is a proud member of both the artistic and Indigenous communities at Yale. Through her art, Mikiala advocates for environmental issues, Native rights, and the celebration of Indigeneity. She also loves making art as gifts, decorations, or a relaxing activity at the end of a long day. While at home, Mikiala enjoys surfing, going to the beach, and spending time with her family and two dogs.
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Evan Farmer
Benjamin Franklin ‘22
Hometown: Louisville, KY
Major: American Studies & German Studies
Native Nation: Shawnee
My studies as an undergraduate at Yale concentrate on international cooperation and inequities within global markets through a trans-Atlantic double major of American & German Studies. As a MacMillan Center Language Fellow and Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholar, I have had the privilege of studying abroad in Germany and Tanzania to improve foreign language skills, cultivate cross-cultural fluency, and conduct community service. I am additionally passionate about disability advocacy in the academic sphere as a Disability Peer Mentor for Student Accessibility Services and previously as an Exceptional Child Instructional Assistant in my hometown’s public school district while on leave of absence. In my downtime, I enjoy playing sports with friends, composing music, and long walks with my puppy.
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Catherine Webb
Benjamin Franklin ‘22
Hometown: Newport Beach, California
Major: Environmental Science and Art
Native Nation: Cherokee
Catherine Webb is a senior in Benjamin Franklin and is double majoring in Environmental Science and Art. She is the liaison between the NACC and the Yale Sustainable Food Project, and is very passionate about indigenous agriculture. Outside of her work with the NACC and YSFP, she competes on the Yale sailing team and is apart the Diversity and Inclusion division of the Student Athlete Advisory Council.
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Evan Roberts
Benjamin Franklin ‘23
Hometown: Longmont, Colorado
Major: Political Science and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration
Tribal Affiliation: Tlingit
Hi!! I’m Evan and I’m a sophomore in Franklin college studying Political Science and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. I’m Tlingit, but I live in Colorado. At Yale, I’m involved in the Association of Native Americans at Yale, Red Territory, and Yale Democrats. Most of the time you can find me procrastinating studying in the NACC or in the Ben Franklin buttery with my friends.
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Nyche´ Andrew
Branford ‘25
Hometown: Traditional lands of the Dena’ina Elena Athabascan, now known as Anchorage, Alaska
Major: Political Science
Native Nation: Yup’ik and Inupiaq
Hello! My Native names are Skavaq Sivulluiqti, my English name is Nyche Tyme Andrew. I was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. I got to Yale through a mix of passion, starry-eyed dreaming, and the endless help and prayers from my loved ones. Since being here, I have found community as a general member in the Native and Indigenous Student Association at Yale (NISAY, which is closely pronounced as my name “Nish-ay”). I get to build on my interests through my past membership of the Yale Undergraduate Legal Aid Association, and currently as a research assistant for the Yale School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. I am excited to be with the amazing, beautiful, spectacular community members of the Native American Cultural Center as house staff this year!
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Madeline Gupta
Morse College ’25
Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Majors: Applied Math, Ethnicity Race and Migration
Native Nation: Ojibwe
Madeline (she/her) is a first year in Morse College. She is interested in studying data science and ethnicity, race, and migration. Outside of school, she likes to dance, paint, and play with her dog Miley. She is super excited to join the Indigenous community at Yale!
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Lex Schultz
Saybrook ‘24
Hometown: North Georgia
Major: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Native Nation: Tsalagi
Hi! I’m Lex, a junior in Saybrook College (say what?) from North Georgia majoring in Earth and Planetary Sciences. I’m a huge fan of shirley temples, terrible disaster movies, rollerskating, icy ocean planets, and the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Outside of ANAAY, I am a staff writer at Broad Recognition and a member of Gaybrook. A fun fact about me is that I don’t know how to ride a bike and I am perfectly content with that. I also (debatably) know how to play guitar and I like to write my own music!
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Megan Blackwell
Silliman ‘25
Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Major: American Studies
Native Nation: Chickasaw
Megan (she/her) is a sophomore in Silliman studying American Studies and Political Science. Outside of the NACC, she also works with the Yale Undergraduate Legal Aid Association, the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, and Yale’s radio station, WYBC. In her free time you can find her playing bass guitar, facetiming her sister, and collecting earrings. She is very excited to spend time with and get to know more members of the NACC community this year!
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