Anjelica Gallegos, M.Arch I, 2021

Anjelica S. Gallegos, Jicarilla Apache Nation and Pueblo of Santa Ana, helps to recharge

architecture, pushing frontiers of design and functionality in threatened places as the Southwest

and Arctic. Gallegos graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and

minor in Photography from the University of Colorado Denver. Currently, she is accomplishing

her Master’s degree at the Yale School of Architecture. Anjelica is an advocate for Indigenous

and environmental rights at the national level including at the White House Tribal Nations

Conference. Gallegos served as an Ambassador of President Obama’s Generation Indigenous

(Gen-I) initiative to create opportunity for Native youth. Anjelica transforms physical, structural,

and spiritual spaces to advance and energize Indigenous Peoples and the natural world.