Nicole Lovato is from Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo Pueblo) New Mexico. Nicole is currently getting her degree in Indigenous Liberal Studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the field of outdoor education she has been facilitating and coordinating her own programs for the past ten years to empower Native American communities. Through these prescriptive programs she incorporates culturally relevant philosophies that support the Decolonization process and promotes the reclamation of Indigenous knowledge and values.