Robyn Jackson

Robyn Jackson is the Executive Director with Diné C.A.R.E. She is Tó’áhaní (Near the Water Clan) and she grew up in the Chuska Mountains on the Navajo Nation. Immersed in the environmental justice movement from a young age, she is the daughter of two of Diné C.A.R.E.’s Co-founding members, Adella Begaye and Leroy Jackson. Her experience includes research, community organizing, and organizational management in the areas of environmental health, forest conservation, sustainable food systems and renewable technologies in the Southwest. Robyn's leadership centers Diné ancestral values of relationality and kinship with the natural world, honoring matriarchal strength and the Diné Philosophy of Life. She is also pursuing a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Northern Arizona University.