Graduate Student Assistants
Isiah Cambridge
Isiah is a graduate student at the University of New Mexico.
Aline Xavier
Aline is a graduate student at the University of New Mexico.
Anna Deutsch
Anna is a MA student in the Department of Linguistics who focuses on sign language sociolinguistics and language documentation. She is originally from Jefferson City, Missouri.
Savannah Rivas
Savannah is a graduate student in the Department of Linguistics with interests in, among many other things, typology and language acquisition and contact. Originally from the Four Corners, she now considers Albuquerque home.
Pictured: Savannah (left), Bijou the Cat (right)
Undergraduate Assistants
Lonise Yazzie
Lonise Yazzie is an undergraduate student majoring in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a minor in Navajo Language & Linguistics. Lonise is from Dennehotso, Arizona, and her clans are Tódích’ii’nii, Tótsohnii, Tábąąhí, and Kinyaa’áanii.
Daniele Etsitty
Daniele Etsitty is majoring in Native American Studies and minoring in Navajo Language & Linguistics. After graduating, she plans to apply to the Law and Indigenous Peoples Program at UNM. In her free time, she loves to play softball and volleyball. Her clans are Tó’aheedlíinii, Kinyaa’áanii, Táchii’nii, Tódích’ií’nii.
Jose (JD) Saldana
JD is the NLP’s Graphic Designer and Animator. He is majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Gaming. JD is from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is hoping to work in video game design after he graduates.
Jacob (Jannie) Ballheimer
Jannie is an undergraduate student at the University of New Mexico.
Rosemary Ridge
Rosemary is an undergraduate student at the University of New Mexico.
Ryan Coughlin
Ryan is an undergraduate student at the University of New Mexico.