Steven Nez (he/him) recently graduated with his Master’s in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Washington, Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) program, class of 2024. He is Diné (Navajo) and Oneida (People of the Standing Stone) and has a particular interest in utilizing strength-based approaches to nourish Indigenous peoples’ ways of healing for their health and well-being. Steven is a Research Coordinator for Seven Directions working on conducting outreach and analyzing tribal policies within the Healthy Tribal Nations (HTN) project. He will also be working on analyzing qualitative data collected from the Pacific Northwest Canoe Journey.
About Our Practice
The Seven Sacred Directions
Seven Directions was born from a desire to create greater connectivity across the many tribes, communities and organizations that have the health and wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native people at the heart of what they do. We are guided by the “seven directions” of practice: Integration & Holistic Wellness, Culture & Identity, Families & Communities, Respect for Sovereignty, Service, Indigenous Knowledge, and Tribal Governance.
The Seven Sacred Directions serve as an indigenous framework for presenting the strategic directions for the public health agenda.
