“Strong women molded and raised me – my Ina (mother), Unci (grandmother), and Inala (auntie/mother) – have guided me from making and selling beaded cross chains and pins in the community to now selling my work to museums and collectors ... a solid foundation rooted in Lakota ways of doing ... the continuum of keeping Lakota art fresh and current. My artwork uses the environment; insects, animals and infusing them with historic Lakota geometric design to create adornment that will inspire pride and happiness in those who wear and collect them. I create to inspire, to break boundaries, to honor those (influential) women who taught me.”