Funding the Future: Angelique Albert on Native Forward's Mission to Educate Native Scholars
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Angelique Albert on Native leadership, educational access, generational healing, and investing in future generations.
"As Native people, we're closer to our own communities, so we know how to problem-solve in our communities. We're closest to the problem, we're closest to the answers."
In this episode, CLC Founder and CEO Laurel Donnellan speaks with Angelique Albert, CEO of Native Forward Scholars Fund, about Native leadership, generational trauma, educational access, and the power of community-led solutions.
Prefer to watch? Watch the full video conversation on the Compassionate Leaders Circle YouTube channel.
Angelique shares her journey from the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana to leading the nation’s largest scholarship provider for Native students. Together, she and Laurel explore how personal history shapes purpose, why Native-led organizations are essential to lasting change, and what it means to invest in opportunity for the next seven generations.
In this episode, you’ll explore:
The connection between generational trauma, identity, and leadership
Why educational access is critical to Native communities and Tribal Nations
How authentic leadership includes owning every part of your story
What it means to build change with—not just for—the communities closest to the challenge
How purpose, education, and community can create lasting impact
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