Twana Machado

My Name is Twana, I am an enrolled Tribal member of the Squaxin-Island Tribe and an descendant of the Skokomish Tribe where I grew up and spent my childhood. I have always wanted to and had a passion to give back to my communities, and felt that getting into a good college would get me there. I am currently about to graduate with my B.A from the University of Washington with a degree in American Indian Studies, with a plan to go into Tribal Law and, or, Business. Although law and business are the route I want to go into, I have found different ways to go about working in those spaces; at the moment I have been at Pyramid Communications in their Indian County department as an intern. Through my internship I have had the opportunity to work with different Tribes, Native Organizations, and individuals across the country and be a small part of some huge accomplishments in Indian County.

Twana in canoe
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