For her work she has been named a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, a NCAIED Native American 40 Under 40, a TED Fellow, MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow, and a recipient of the White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama. She is the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP). Within her field she has also been acknowledged as a 2019 Drama League Director in Residence, a member of the 2016 National Directors Fellowship Cohort, and is currently a Resident Artist at Centre Theater Group and a member of Long Wharf Theatre's artistic ensemble. Her directorial work has been described by critics as effervescent, enchanting, magical, insightful, and fearless. As a performer she was nominated for a Jeff Award for best Solo Performance for her run of her play Where We Belong at The Goodman Theatre.

She received her BFA in Drama from Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied under the Atlantic Theatre Company. She has a MA in Arts Politics & Post-Colonial Theory from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and a MA in Shakespeare & Creativity (with Distinction) from The Shakespeare Institute (Stratford Upon Avon, UK).

She is a Clinical Associate Professor with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University, and Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program

She was recently appointed by President Biden to serve on the Board of Trustees for the Institute for American Indian Arts (IAIA). She currently also serves on the Board of Directors for Red Eagle Soaring: Native Youth Theatre, and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. She previously served on the Board of Directors for the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), and now serves on their Advisory Council.