Do you have a deep connection with your culture? If so, do you strive to embrace individual and communal histories, ancestral traumas and gifts, nurture creative expressions, and advocate for a more equitable and compassionate world? Today’s guest brings us her journey of pursuing healing across generations, healing her younger self, the resilience of the human spirit, and the unbreakable bonds of community through her Native American ethnicity. Her name is Roxy Sprowl. More below!

From this conversation you’ll learn:

• How to embrace your cultural identity.

• How to advocate for change & overcome adversity.

• How to begin healing the inner-child.

• The transformative power of creative endeavors.

• How to use laughter as medicine.

• The importance of ancestral gifts & healing.

• The difference between activism and advocacy & why they both require creativity!

• And Much More!

On Roxy:

Roxy Sprowl is a proud citizen of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. She’s also a graduating senior at Michigan State University studying social work, Indigenous studies, and race and ethnicity in the United States. Roxy serves several leadership roles inside her campus community, including leading a research lab regarding racial and ethnic representation in U.S. history textbooks and leading the North American Indigenous Student Organization. Outside of campus, Roxy serves as a board member on the Michigan Indian Education Council, is a 2023 National Udall Scholar, and is a national Building Communities of Hope Fellow for the Center for Native American Youth.

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