Xwlemi Chosen
Lummi
St. Georgeean is a Lummi woman who moved from Washington State to Kearny, New Jersey in her youth and now works on Staten Island for the NYC Department of Transportation, where she leads a new working group for Indigenous employees. In recent years, she has been learning her heritage language with elders in Washington over Zoom and organizing online events to educate DOT employees on the importance of Indigenous language and culture.