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Trisha Moquino is a member of the Cochiti, Kewa, OhkayOwingeh Native Nations. She is a mama and a lover and writer of diverse children’s picture books. Trisha holds a BA from Stanford University and an MA from the University of New Mexico in Bilingual/Elementary Education. She is the Co-Founder of the Keres Children's Learning Center (KCLC), an Indigenous language immersion Montessori school, located in Cochiti Pueblo, NM which opened in 2012-which she started working on in 2006. Trisha is an Elementary Keres Speaking Guide at KCLC and the Co-Director of KCLC’s Indigenous Montessori Institute, an anti-racist teacher training program. Trisha’s Montessori Teaching credentials include: American Montessori Society-Elementary I (6-9), Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)-Early Childhood, and Orientation courses for birth-3 years and Adolescence (12-18) . Trisha is an affiliate professor for the Loyola University Maryland Montessori Education program and has written articles on the importance of Indigenous language education, Indigenous Early Childhood, Native Woman Led Non-Profit Development and social justice issues in education. Her debut children’s picture book will be published by Candlewick Press and is scheduled for release in 2028.