Poetry. Engineering. Indigenous Rights and Treaties.
Anpo Jensen
Anpo was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and earned her B.S in Environmental Systems Engineering and her M.S in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, where she was the first Native woman on Stanford’s Student Global Health Board. As a writer, author, and poet, she interweaves her experiences as an Oglala woman, engineer, tribal college adjunct instructor and advocate for Indigenous solutions in global health & climate change in her creations.
Some of her advocacy roles have included being an Environmental Health Specialist for the International Indian Treaty Council, a youth delegate of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Council, and North American Focal Point of the UN Global Indigenous Youth Caucus. In these capacities, she has delivered testimony on the United Nations floor that led to formal policy recommendations on Indigenous languages & health from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to the World Health Organization (WHO). Additionally, she was nominated and selected to serve on the first Youth cohort at the International Conference on Chemicals and Waste Management in Bonn, Germany.
Featured In
Forbes · Native American 40 under 40 list · Grist · UN Youth Envoy · the Oxford Climate Review · The Lancet · Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health · the Journal of Climate Change and Health · the Napkin Poetry Review · Medium· Geneva Environment Network· Earth Negotiations Bulletin · United Nations OHCHR
Highlights
Forbes — Young Climate Justice Activists Are Fighting for Our Collective Survival
The LAKOTA TIMES — Anpo Jensen, Indigenous Scientist
Order HERO DREAMS SHINE as seen on the Lakota Times, the Rapid City Journal, KOTA TV, and the Indian Country Today
Bookings
Consultation
Anpo has been and environment an health research consultant since graduating with her Master’s Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. She’s led water testing projects and trained Indigenous Peoples in water testing.
STEM Tutoring/ Academic coaching
Anpo has taught statics, calculus 2, and various environment courses. She’s been an engineering public speaking co-instructor at Stanford University and a teaching assistant to Intro to Environmental Engineering.
Speaking Engagements
Anpo has read her poetry across the Globe. From the stage of Italy’s government at UNICEF to Indigenous Youth at the National Congress of American Indians. She tells a Lakota girl’s story of poetry, engineering and advocacy. For more inquiry, please fill out the form below!
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