"You are not alone. And you are loved." Yakwatonáhare! We are excited to premiere The Aunties Emergent - our new sub-series of The Aunties Dandelion - featuring emergent Auntie/Scholar Jasmine Neosh, Menominee Nation interviewing her friends and collaborators about being Indigenous, scholars, women and Aunties Emergent. (I love and cried a little when they were calling each other Auntie-Doctors!) Jasmine Neosh (Menominee) is a student in the Public Administration program at the College of Menominee Nation, where she also obtained an Associate degree in Natural Resources in 2019. Jasmine is a writer, student researcher, and advocate for environmental justice, Indigenous sovereignty, climate change education and culturally-informed, place-based sustainability. She is the author of Rezilience, a Tribal College Journal blog which focuses on stories of sustainability in Indian Country. In August 2021, Jasmine was awarded the prestigious Forge Fellowship “to support established and emerging Indigenous leaders in the land justice, education, and cultural fields with financial support and a residency.” https://indiancountrytoday.com/lifestyle/forge-fellowship-awards-25000-to-four-native-notables?fbclid=IwAR3BMp1Jzrpmj3kGm9q7zQvTjCIf0AgFeXYOrt6E4dyQWuJtjP87mikdAAs Other Emergent Aunties featured in the podcast: Paulette Blanchard (Absentee Shawnee citizen, Kickapoo descent) - PhD Candidate in Geography from University of Kansas Michelle Montgomery (enrolled Haliwa Saponi, descendant Eastern Band Cherokee) - MA MPP PhD*** Hōkūlani Rivera (Kanaka Maoli) - AmeriCorps VISTA #listentoyouraunties