Skills
• Adobe Illustrator
• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Acrobat Pro
Education
Mendoza College of Business, Certificate of Completion, Nonprofit Leadership April – November 2017
The Graham School of General Studies, Certificate of Completion, Editing | January – November 2011
The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, Bachelor’s, Media Arts & Animation | September 2004 – December 2007
Exhibitions
TribalNet Conference & Tradeshow - Microsoft Booth, Reno, NV | Sept 12-15, 2022
Ancestors Know Who We Are, National Museum of the American Indian | June 15, 2022 - Ongoing
Native Truths (permanent), The Field Museum, Chicago, IL | May 20, 2022
EXPO Chicago - CfNF Booth, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL | April 7-10, 2022
Dream, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL | Dec 2021-March 2022
Floating Museum’s Cultural Transit Assembly, CTA Green Line, Chicago, IL | July 2019
Celebration Pop-Up Art Gallery, St. Charles Arts Council | St. Charles, IL | 2018
Building Off of Tradition: Portrait Variations, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL | November 2017
Artwork by Debra Yepa Pappan and Monica Rickert, Edgewater Library, Chicago, IL | November 2016
The Truth, University of Illinois-Chicago | November 2016
Indigenous Art Collective of Chicago, Over the Rainbow Gallery, Evanston, IL | July 2016
Iconoclast, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery | April 2015
Publications
First American Art Magazine | 2022
J.W. The Deaf Drummer | December 2020
Journey of the Freckled Indian | August 2020
Native News Online | June 2020 - 2022
Chicago Tribune | August 2019
The Field Museum Blog | November 2017/February 2020
Tribal Business Journal | Issues March 2016 - December 2016
Professional Affiliations
Arts Work Fund Design Team | 2022
Indigenous Chicago Leadership Council | 2022
Greater Good Studio & Enrich Chicago, Imagine Just Embedded Artist, Chicago, IL | 2021
Hyde Park Art Center, Center Program, Chicago, IL | 2021
SEAMS Tutoring, Artist Mentor, Remote | 2021
Center for Native Futures, Co-Founder, Chicago, IL | 2021
Northwestern University & University of Illinois at Chicago, Indigenous Lecture & Writing Series Fellow, Chicago, IL | 2019
American Indian Center of Chicago, Board of Directors, Chicago, IL | 2018-2020
The Field Museum, Anthropology Volunteer, Chicago, IL | 2017-2018
Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, Arts & Culture Committee | 2013-2015