Staff
Administration
Dr. Corrine Sanchez, Executive Director –
Corrine Oqua Pi Povi Sanchez, PhD, of San Ildefonso Pueblo is Tewa Women United’s Executive Director.
Dr. Sanchez holds a doctorate in Justice Studies from Arizona State University. She has contributed to building Indigenous Knowledge through her work with Tewa Women United for the past 30 years, including co-creation of TWU’s research methodology and the Theory of Opide, a braiding of practice to action. She has extensive training and experience in the fields of sexual assault prevention, educational awareness, advocacy, and trauma informed care. Dr. Sanchez has presented at many national conferences on Sexual Assault in Indian Country, Advocacy Needs of Native Sexual Assault Survivors, Forensic Interviewing of Native Children, and Child Witness to Violence.
Dr. Sanchez currently serves on the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s Advisory Council and is a Board member of the Attach Your Heart Foundation. Most recently, she has been selected to serve on the Governor of New Mexico’s Advisory Council on Racial Justice.
Bernadette Trujillo, Finance Director –
Bernadette is an enrolled and active member of the Pueblo of Nambé and has resided there her entire life along with her daughter, Hayle Trujillo. Her work with Tewa Women United began in March of 2012 and she is pleased to be part of an organization committed to the well-being of women. She has completed many credit hours of study in accounting at Northern New Mexico College. Bernadette has fifteen years of finance experience working for Accounting Departments at Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Councils, Inc., and Nambé and Pojoaque Pueblos. In addition to her current work with Tewa Women United, she serves the Pueblo of Nambé as the Tribal Enrollment and Social Services Coordinator (2013-Present) and completed two consecutive terms (2012-2019) as a Board Member for the Nambé Pueblo Housing Entity. Her dedication to making the world a better place is evidenced in the depth of her service to community.
Email: bernadette@tewawomenunited.org
Main Office: 505-747-3259 x1205
Direct Line: 505-210-8143
Diana Halsey, Property Manager –
Diana is from Santa Clara Pueblo, a US Navy veteran, and mother. She is certified as an Infant Massage Instructor, Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor, Technology of Participation facilitator, Care for Kids instructor, and International Center for Traditional Childbearing Doula. Diana is experienced in community outreach and collaboration, and completed a 40-hour course in Advocacy Training and Skills/Organizing for Healthy Native Communities. She is also trained in topics of Toxic Stress, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Brain Development, Shaken Baby Syndrome, and Pregnant Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. She received doula assistance from the Yiya Vi Kagingdi Doula project and decided to become a Doula to give back that same help to other mothers and families.
Email: diana@tewawomenunited.org
Main Office: 505-747-3259 x1206
Direct Line: 505-210-8144
Environmental Justice Program
Sherry Aragon, Program Manager –
Sherry (she/her) is from Acoma Pueblo. Prior to joining Tewa Women United as the Environmental Justice Program Manager, she was the Library Director at the Espanola Public Library for 14 years. She holds an Associates Degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts, and is Leadership Certified through American Library Association.Chenoa Scippio, Project Coordinator –
Chenoa Scippio is Santa Clara Pueblo and Navajo (Naschitti), and a proud daughter, granddaughter, and sister. She holds bachelors degrees in Population Health and Native American Studies from The University of New Mexico. Chenoa has years of formative experience in community organizing through working with non-profit organizations and student groups while at UNM. Her passions stem from promoting cultural preservation, social justice, and sustainability initiatives in tribal communities.
Chenoa is eager to contribute her knowledge, dedication, and collaborative mindset to Tewa Women United as an Environmental Justice Project Coordinator. Outside of work, Chenoa loves to spend time with the land through hiking, farming, or dreaming of ways to become an even better advocate for precious homelands.
email: chenoa@tewawomenunited.org
phone: 505-747-3259 ext. 1208
direct: 505-210-8148
Ryan Ramaker, Project Coordinator –
Born in the beautiful state of Washington, Ryan found his love of nature early. His mother was one of the biggest influences on his love of learning and my respect for nature. She helped him see just how connected we all are to the natural world. This made his passion in farming, gardening, permaculture, hiking, biking, and bushcraft all the easier to enjoy. It also shifted his education, as he was in the process of getting my associates in applied science he stumbled across the ever growing world of sustainable technology and restorative agriculture which would shape the rest of his life.
After graduating, Ryan knew he had to find a way to use his ever-growing passion for healing the environment while connecting with the community. Teaching classes at REI, building outdoor equipment rental programs from the ground up, spending nearly six months expanding and maintaining the Espanola Healing Foods Oasis, and two-plus years as the Visitor Services Manager at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), all prepared him to come to Tewa Women United as the Food and Seed Sovereignty Coordinator.
The ability to help people reconnect with the land they live on and visit is why Ryan found his way back to TWU, and he looks forward to finding his place in such a healing space.
email: ryan@tewawomenunited.org
Reproductive Justice Program
Wendolyne Omaña, Program Manager –
Wendolyne Omaña was born and raised in Mexico, by strong women. She is indigenous to the Mixteca tradition, doing her best to intertwine her grandmother’s teachings on Indigenous ways of healing with Western sciences. In addition to lifelong studies in healing arts, she has permission from her elders to provide Maya abdominal massage therapy, “cerradas” (forty-day postpartum care), and herbalism for “susto” (fear).Gender & Generational Healing Justice Program
Jennifer Marley, Program Manager –
Jen is a citizen of San Ildefonso Pueblo, she has been a community organizer and activist since 2011, most known for her leadership roles in UNM’s Kiva Club and The Red Nation. In February of 2025, Jennifer co-founded the Total Sovereignty Working Group.
In 2019 Jennifer received her B.A in Native American Studies and American Studies as well as a certificate in Peace and Justice studies. In 2025 Jennifer received her M.A in American Studies. Jennifer’s research explores the unique ways heteropatriarchy, nuclear colonialism, and the art and tourism industry have impacted Pueblo economic and political life.
Jennifer has always held women’s issues dear to her heart and continues her advocacy work alongside her academic work. In her free time Jennifer enjoys strength training, cooking, reading and hanging out with family and friends.
email: jennifer@tewawomenunited.org
Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, Sayain Coordinator –
Elder Kathy, a fluent Tewa language speaker, is a native spirit-rooted social activist, community educator, and traditional black ware potter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. She is inspirational
in doing presentations, trainings, and program development in her many roles for Tewa Women United for more than twenty years. Her work includes developing transformative tools such as the “Two-World Harmony, Butterfly Model” and “Trauma Healing Rocks” which address integrative wisdom of healing colonial trauma of mind, body, heart and spirit all from Native women’s lived perspectives.
Email: kathy@tewawomenunited.org
Phone: 505-747-3259 x1203
Direct Line: 505-210-8141