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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
Languages
Awards
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MAURIANNA SILK

Albuquerque,USA

Summary

Experienced in coordinating and managing multiple projects simultaneously. Utilizes effective communication and organizational skills to ensure seamless project execution. Track record of implementing process improvements and achieving project milestones.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Environmental Program Manager

Pueblo of Jemez
05.2023 - Current
  • Managed and supervised administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations.
  • Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring support for program initiatives.
  • Developed strategic plans, setting clear objectives and achievable milestones for the team.
  • Managed cross-functional teams for successful project completion within deadlines and budgets.
  • Leads the POJ Treatment as a State application under the Clean Water Act 303(d).
  • Provides oversight for the NRD Agriculture Program.
  • Met with project stakeholders regularly to assess progress and make adjustments.
  • Coached team members on professional development opportunities, contributing to improved overall performance.

Agricultural Coordinator

Pueblo of Jemez
03.2022 - 05.2023
  • Managed a 7-acre farm at the Jemez Public Health Farm, directed and supervised four agricultural laborers, and coordinated laborer activities such as planting, irrigation, soil application, harvesting, performance evaluation, and record/data keeping.
  • Lead agricultural activities for students from the San Diego Riverside Charter School in a hands-on experience. Managed and directed maintenance duties on greenhouses within the PH Farm.
  • Completed a successful 2022 planting and harvesting season, with four agricultural laborers, and distributed produce to local schools and elders at the Jemez Senior Center. The produce was packaged and stored away following food safety measures.
  • Played a foundational role in the establishment of current food security programming, applying food sovereignty principles, with technical and strategic planning, with a deep understanding of community needs and cultural values..
  • Help create a scaled program providing healthy food to approximately 100 community members each month.
  • Helped in the planning, promoting, advertising, and communicating Jemez Public Health events in a communications team setting. Meetings were held twice a week to ensure events were planned out and advertised accordingly. Tasked and assigned duties to assist with the Jemez Public Health Program in its annual community events such as Jemez Endurance, Diabetes Awareness Fair, and Owl Springs 8.
  • Improved team productivity with regular communication and progress updates, fostering a collaborative work environment.

Administrative Assistant/SRST Senior Farmers Market Coordinator

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
07.2020 - 08.2022
  • Successfully coordinated the SRST Senior Farmers Market for the years of 2020, 2021, and 2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic and worked hand-in-hand with the USDA Food and Nutrition programs specialist. Revised and updated the SRST Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program State Plan for 2 years.
  • Documented and recorded the printed SFMNP vouchers. Worked remotely and made phone calls to all SFMNP participants to inform them about voucher availability.
  • Maintained confidentiality of sensitive information by adhering to strict privacy policies and implementing secure filing systems.

VISTA Volunteer

AmeriCorps NCCC
08.2016 - 06.2018
  • Synchronize and develop various youth engagement projects for climate change awareness by providing STEM-related material from an education stewardship standpoint that involved the partnership of SBC and K-12 schools located within the reservation such as: Little Eagle Grant School, Cannonball Elementary School, Standing Rock Middle School, and students that came to SBC, Fort Yates site to attend youth STEM-related science camps.
  • Collaborated and assisted the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Department of Water Resources, with creating climate and drought summaries. The established partnerships included the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Department of Interior- BIA, the High Plains Regional Climate Center, and South Dakota State University.
  • Assisted the Water Resources Department with seasonal climate summaries by data collected through the Applied Climate Information System.
  • Completed a successful Climate Change Summit with the United Tribes Technical College TCU/VISTA.
  • Co-led community project in the Fort Yates district with a focus on educating tribal members on climate change. Conducted interviews.
  • Developed quarterly reports to AmeriCorps/VISTA to communicate outreach projects delivered to people at the project site and to set or renew goals for the upcoming quarter.
  • Helped in the Standing Rock EPA laboratory on an as-needed basis and assisted in water sampling collection at various areas across the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree - Environmental Science

Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, ND
05.2015

Associate of Applied Science - Geographic Information Technology

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Albuquerque, NM
08-2025

Skills

  • Communicated critical information confidentially

  • Effective communication with direct reports

  • Professional development initiative

  • Strong collaborator in team discussions

  • Understanding of tribal and state relationships

  • Timely deadline management

  • Data collection and reporting

  • Skilled in resource delivery

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

  • Knowledgeable in multiple data processing technologies

  • Strong interpersonal communication abilities

  • Dependable and diligent

  • Analytical problem-solving

  • Project coordination

  • Organizational strategy development

Certification

  • Certificate of Hazardous Materials Training, Spectra Training - January 30, 2025
  • Gold System Elements Water Quality Training - April 24-25, 2025
  • Certificate of Geospatial Information Technology, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute - August 2023 - August 2025

Languages

Towa

Awards

  • Awarded the ND Chapter of The Wildlife Sitting Bull Undergraduate Student Scholarship Award, Sitting Bull College, Spring 2015.
  • Served as a VISTA member from August 2017 to August 2018, recognized with the Segal Award for commitment and impact.
  • Participant at the 2018 Annual Mobilize Green Conference, Washington, D.C., March 2018. Engaged with initiatives supporting underrepresented communities in launching careers in the environmental sector.

Timeline

Environmental Program Manager

Pueblo of Jemez
05.2023 - Current

Agricultural Coordinator

Pueblo of Jemez
03.2022 - 05.2023

Administrative Assistant/SRST Senior Farmers Market Coordinator

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
07.2020 - 08.2022

VISTA Volunteer

AmeriCorps NCCC
08.2016 - 06.2018

Bachelor of Science Degree - Environmental Science

Sitting Bull College

Associate of Applied Science - Geographic Information Technology

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

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