Winona Stevens is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. She holds a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership, a master’s degree in Social Work, and a bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare from the University of Washington, with her academic journey beginning at Northwest Indian College. 

Her commitment to serving Native Americans affected by incarceration led her to launch Native American Reentry Services, where she has served as Executive Director since 2014. From her positionality as a Black-Native feminist, Native social worker, abolitionist healer, reentry community mobilizer, Indigenous researcher, and now educator, she will draw on her doctoral research to inform carceral and reentry program development, Indigenous urban support systems, and corrections legislation and policy.  

Additionally, Winona serves as the Huy board of directors’ secretary, co-chair of Washington State’s Statewide Reentry Council representing tribal interests, and a board member of White Bison, and the University of Washington’s Native American Advisory Board.