It’s time to introduce you to KGUN 9’s Giving Project nonprofit for the month of February: the Native American Advancement Foundation .
It’s an organization formed 14 years ago by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation. From the classroom to its garden, the foundation helps strengthen the native community through a variety of programs on tribal lands.
Selina Jesus was born and raised in the GuVo community on the Tohono O’odham Nation.
“I know the hardships that our people face, the barriers that are there, and as a nonprofit organization we want to break those barriers,” Jesus tells me. “We want to provide the service for our people.”
Native American Advancement FoundationJesus is currently the Senior Director of Programs at the Native American Advancement Foundation (NAAF). She helped start the nonprofit in 2011.