J’Shon Lee

J’Shon Lee is White Mountain Apache from Hondah, Arizona. She is of the Butterfly clan and born for the Pinetree People. She is a mother, daughter, wife, godmother, and sister and enjoys being on the land with her family. J’Shon is currently a doctoral student in the Learning, Literacies, and Technologies program at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Through her research, she is considering the possibilities of how social studies teachers can teach about the land, particularly by engaging Indigenous ways of knowing. Before heading back to graduate school, J’Shon taught middle school social studies in New Mexico. J’Shon is a UNITY Alumni who served on the Executive Committee from 2007-2011 and she is excited to return and support the CHAMP young people of UNITY!