Hannah Norberto

United States of America

About Me

I am an Indigenous woman affiliated with the Navajo Nation and a recent first-generation college graduate from the University of New Mexico. I earned a bachelor’s degree in population health (BSPH) with a minor in community health education, graduating Summa Cum Laude. I am deeply committed to improving Native American health and advocating for Indigenous issues. My goal is to empower Native American youth and address health issues within Indigenous communities, safeguarding their sacred well-being against illnesses and diseases. As a Diné Asdzáán (Navajo woman), I was born and raised on the Navajo reservation with my family, who proudly express Navajo heritage and traditional values. I aspire to be remembered as a successful Indigenous woman rooted in the Navajo reservation with a graduate degree in epidemiology and/or public health law — a woman who dismantled her generational trauma and fear to uplift Indigenous health. The scarcity of being Indigenous drives me to pursue a graduate degree, carry on the Navajo existence, and be successful in a world where our existence is on the edge of erasure.

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