A-dae Romero (Cochiti Pueblo/Kiowa)
was born and raised in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. She co-founded
and is Executive Director of Cochiti Youth Experience, Inc., a
non-profit organization created to create opportunities for Cochiti youth to
engage in traditional Pueblo farming as an important process to create a
healthy, sustainable, and viable community. She graduated from Princeton
University from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
and focused on Economic Policy. She later attended Sandra Day O’Connor College
of Law at Arizona State University where she received her Juris Doctorate
degree. She also served as Judge Pro Tem for the Karuk Tribe and the Hoopa
Tribe. She is now a LLM Candidate at the
University of Arkansas Food and Agricultural Law Program.
