Ashleigh Yallaly received her Bachelors in Museum Studies from Arizona State University and her Masters in Museum Studies with a Certificate in Indigenous Studies from the University of Kansas. She is dedicated to privileging the Indigenous voice in all aspects of museum practices and wrote her thesis on the utilisation of contemporary decolonization methods in tribal and non-tribal museums. In her free time she enjoys Star Wars, needlepoint, and her dogs.

Project: Ashleigh will take an active lead in a research project to mine the permanent collection for works by Native American/Indigenous artists (none of whom are designated as such in the metadata) and participate in curatorial discussions.