Education

2026 Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Educational Leadership, University of Washington‑Tacoma, Muckleshoot Cohort

2010 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA.

2027 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Studio Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Professional Experience

2024 - Present Licensed Clinician, LSUDC, Ute Indian Tribe Drug & Alcohol Use Prevention Program

2021- 2024 Program Coordinator II, Tribal and Rural Opioid Initiative Resource Center, Utah State University, Roosevelt, Utah

Professional Licensure & Certificates

2024 - Present Substance Use Disorder Counselor (SUDC). Active License 7/01/2024‑05/31/2027.

Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Professional Licensing #13431934-6006

2023 - 2024 Substance Use Disorder Counseling Certificate, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah

Permanent Collections

• Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah

• State of Utah Alice Merrill Horne Art Collection, Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Salt Lake City, Utah

• New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico

• C.N. Gorman Museum of Native American Art, University of California, Davis, Davis, California

Selected Group and Solo Exhibition

2026 Of this Place, Great Basin Neighbors, Shaw Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah

2026 Crossing The Divide, American Art from the Permanent Collection, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah

2023 A Greater Utah, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah

2023 Visual Sovereignty: Native American Artists and the Power of the Lens, Modern West Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah

2018 Ute Life Today, Gallery of Fine Art, Ogden Station, Ogden, Utah

2011 New Native Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2009 Visual Sovereignty (Juried), International Indigenous Photography, C.N. Gorman Museum, UC Davis, Davis, California

2009 DeFine Art Festival (Juried), Savannah River Club, Savannah, Georgia

2009 SCAD Graduate Photography Art Show, Starland Gallery, Savannah, Georgia

2009 Constructs of Identity through Tourism, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Desoto Row Gallery, Savannah, Georgia

2007 Disconnect, Illusion, the Media: Loss of Reality and Identity, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), Santa Fe, New Mexico

Lectures and Presention

2003 Using Art to Tell Stories about Indigenous Identity, Land, and Environment, Artists Talk, Snow College Visual Arts, Ephraim, Utah (Guest Presenter)

2023 Visual Sovereignty: Native American Artists and the Power of the Lens, Artists Talk, Modern West Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah (Group Panel)

2023 The Meaning of the Native American Medicine Wheel and Health and Wellness, Uintah Basin Youth Suicide Prevention Conference, Vernal, Utah (Guest Presenter)

2023 How to Engage Rural Tribal Communities with USU Programming, Heart-Team Faculty Training, Utah State University Extension, Logan, Utah (Presenter)

2023 The Meaning of the Native American Medicine Wheel and Health and Wellness, Uintah Basin Technical College, Roosevelt, Utah (Guest Presenter)

Academic Publication

Ward, L., Sireech, V., Prevedel, S., & Meier, C. (2023). The 2022 intertribal opioid wellness summit: Promoting the integration of harm reduction and holistic whole person wellness efforts. Outcomes & Impacts Quarterly. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/oiq/vol3/iss2/5/

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