Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative

Olivya Caballero is from the Northern Arapaho and Rosebud Lakota nations. They are currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Therapeutic Sciences program under the mentorship of Dr. Plavicki. Their doctoral research is focused on how AHR and WNT signaling contribute to blood-brain barrier (BBB) formation and how these signaling pathways can be manipulated to increase BBB permeability to improve drug delivery to the brain to treat diseases of the nervous system. Olivya also leads Monthly Beading Circle at NAISI and is the current NAISI Graduate Student Program Coordinator.