Amelia Black, M.A., is a teacher educator with more than thirty years experience working in education. She holds professional certificates in Standard Elementary, K-8 grades, as well as Native American Language, PreK-12 for Navajo Language. She holds endorsement in Navajo and English as a Second Language, K-12 for the state of Arizona. Amelia has led the Center for Diné Teacher Education as Chair / Administrator, and has taught International Indigenous Education courses that focus on Immersion education. In her research and professional background, she has seen Navajo language proficiency rates drop dramatically in recent years, which led her to become strongly committed to the revitalization of Navajo language use. For the past six years, Ms. Black has been an integral educator in Navajo Language Immersion programming at Diné College, working to continuously improve and increase effectiveness of such programming.