Dr. Yesenia Navarette Hunter is a distinguished historian, artist, musician, and scholar, currently serving as an Associate Professor of History at Heritage University. Born in Mexico, her work centers on the braided histories of immigrants and Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest. Through her public history projects and artistic practice, Dr. Hunter explores the core question: “How do people make place and create rhythms of belonging in fragile spaces?” She brings a passion for community building and the intersection of culture, art, and the spatial transformation of places of belonging.