Brian Frejo
Trainer
Pawnee & Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
An Oklahoma City Native now living in Orange County CA. Brian is an entrepreneur and offers his services “The Power of Vision & Action” for Leadership Development, Motivational Speaking, Resiliency, Goalsetting & Teamwork training. Also he specializes in SUD, Suicide, Addiction Recovery and Native American Culturally-rooted Healing modalities. He is a Trainer of Trainers for the Generation Red Road and Fatherhood/Motherhood is Sacred program curriculum. He is also trained in the Grief and Healing historical trauma/intergenerational trauma White Bison curriculum.
Jeri Brunoe
Trainer
Jeri Brunoe is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon she hasworked in Indian Country for over 30 plus years and is the founder and owner of Jeri Brunoe Training &Consulting (JBTC).Jeri’s experience has included being a Leadership Trainer, College faculty member, PreventionCoordinator/Trainer and GONA Facilitator . Jeri is a certified "Core Team & Crisis Intervention/PreventionSpecialist" and is a graduate of the Bill McGrane Self-Esteem Institute in Advance Psycho-linguistics/Neurolinguistics and an Oregon State University alum. She was raised with her traditional nativevalues and continues to practice her cultural "Way of Life”. She currently serves as a board member onthe National Indian Youth Leadership Project; an international adventure training program.Ms. Brunoe is a nationally known and highly respected motivational speaker, youth leadership expert,an educator as well as a gifted writer, and an actor. She has appeared in films, television, commercialsand performed in the theater.
Antoinette Ascencio
Trainer
Antoinette Ascencio is native to California. She is Pomo and Kumeyaay. She was born in Humboldt County and grew up along the Pacific Ocean. She is a member of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, a Native artist, entrepreneur and Pomo basket weaver.
Antoinette graduated from Mendocino College and Humboldt State University with numerous degrees in Accountancy and a Masters in Social Work. She is currently completing her Masters in Business Administration.She is a certified Life Coach and a facilitator of numerous Indigenous curriculums (NAFFA, GRR, White Bison, NWI, Native PRIDE, NACOA), Indigenous presenter and consultant. She is a member of AATA, American Art Therapist Association, and an Expressive Arts Facilitator of AWBW, A Window Between Worlds. Her emphasis is healing through arts. She brings traditional art into her talking circles, classes, presentations and Native retreats for the healing of all people. She advocates for traditional medicines as a member and presenter of the Mendocino County Herb Guild and as co-founder of Pomo Creations Collective. She implemented the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians Cultural version of Celebrating Families! in Mendocino County uniting Group Leaders from Lake, Mendocino and Humboldt counties in 2020. Before this, she worked for Tribal governments and Indian Health Service for over 15 years. She is a Native Wellness Retreat Specialist used by the Inter-Tribal Council of California, implementing Sisterhood Camp in Northern California. She is currently working with Generation Red Road, Inc. on wellness retreats and youth art camps; as well as behavioral health youth art interventions and curriculum with the National Council of Urban Indian Health.
Dolores Winn
Trainer
Dolores Winn is a Tribal Consultant & Advocate focused on incorporating the Healing Arts into the lives of young people. She has 5 years experience working with Tribal youth as a Youth Program Coordinator conducting hands on learning experiences & providing cultural activities that empower Native youth. Dolores has a passion for encouraging & supporting youth to connect deeper to their inner voice through artistic expression.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education obtained from Eastern Michigan University in 2015. Over the span of her career, Dolores has been a preschool teacher, and an Art teacher where she owned her own art studio in down town Ann Arbor. Dolores taught children art classes from 2014 to 2017 at Dreamscapes Art Studio. She loves working with young people teaching Art. Her focus is on watercolor painting.
Dolores is currently collaborating with other Tribal youth organizations as a consultant providing assistance, and is excited to Collaborate with Carlos Rivera to help facilitate the Healing Arts program to Tribal Youth across the United States & Canada.
Dolores resides in Alma, Michigan with her little family and her 5 year old son Michael Riley Ortiz II. They love to travel and explore the 5 Great Lakes.
Adrian Salliego
Trainer
Adrian Salliego is an enrolled member of the Navajo Tribe. His Maternal clan is Bitterwater and born for the Deerspring Clan. His Mother is from Tuba City, AZ and Father from Cedar Ridge, AZ. Adrian grew up on the Navajo Reservation his whole life. He was raised with the Traditional way of the Navajo people. Adrian surrendered to the disease of addiction on November 3, 2004. He started a new way of life in a 12-step fellowship. Today, Adrian is a productive member of society currently working for Beechtree Diagnostics. He is also a trainer for Generation Red Road working with Carlos Rivera. Adrian has traveled across Turtle Island meeting with many Tribal members to help the people seeking recovery. Adrian lives in Tempe, AZ and continues to work with a sponsor in the fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous. Helping the fellow addict seeking recovery has become a service commitment for Adrian Salliego.
Deborah Kawkeka
Trainer
Deborah Kawkeka (Kickapoo Tribal Member) has been a trainer/facilitator for over 20 years. She is certified by Generation Red Road to facilitate the Red Road for Adults and Youth. She works primarily with Native American based organization on topics of family strengths, youth leadership, and healing loss and grief. She also facilitates suicide prevention and intervention training sessions. She is a joyous mother of twin sons and grandmother of two adorable granddaughters!
Miigwetch,
Deborah Kawkeka