2023 Scholarship Recipients
From Left to Right.
First Row (Jalen Pike, Daelyn Benally, Val Gaddy)
Second Row (Brooke Laughter, Autumn Powell, Chyenne Klemme)
Not Pictured: Juliya Valdez, Arantxa Curley
IWLN was able to offer a record amount of eight scholarships for students to attend CRWUA this year. Students range across Undergraduate, Graduate, Recent Graduate and Post-Doc. Congrats to our recipients! These are our future and emerging leaders.
Recipients Bios
Daelyn Benally
Daelyn Benally was one of the eight CRWUA Scholarship Recipients in December 2023.
Yáʼátʼééh, my name is Daelyn Benally. I am from Diné Navajo Nation, I studied at Fort Lewis College and earned a bachelor of arts in Sociology and Regenerative Food Systems Certificate! I am passionate about a healthy just world for generations to come.
Arantxa “Ronnie” Curley
Arantxa Curley is a member of Navajo Nation tribe. She was born and raised in Shiprock, NM. Arantxa is a recent graduate from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. She has received her bachelor's degree in environmental biology with a concentration in Ecology and field biology She has a passion for conservation, hydrology, and sustainable land management -tribal focused. When not working or studying, you can find Arantxa hiking, fishing and generally enjoying nature views. She also loves to spend time with family and cooking.
Autumn Powell
Yá’át’ééh (Hello), my name is Autumn Powell; I’m an Afro-Diné graduate student at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) in the Interdisciplinary Consortium of Applied Research in the Environment (iCARE) Program. I’m originally from Window Rock, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation. My thesis project aims to amplify Maryland’s Native Peoples’ voices, who are reclaiming their stories and histories that have been dismissed and erased from colonialism. Indigenous Women’s Leadership Network (IWLN) has helped me to build connections with other matriarchal Native scholars and professionals in hopes of strengthening relationships with other Tribes.
