Laura Harris, an enrolled citizen of the Comanche Nation, has led the national nonprofit advocacy organization, Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), for 25 years. She coordinates an international network of Indigenous leaders and organizations. Harris developed the curriculum and implements the award-winning Ambassadors Program, the only national Indigenous values-based leadership and community development training. Harris is an experienced community engagement facilitator and provides an AIO-crafted cultural competency transformational learning experience, “Indian 101,” that builds relationships and garners allies. In 1997, President Clinton appointed Harris senior consultant to the President’s Initiative on Race. Currently, Harris serves on the boards of the National Urban Indian Family Coalition, the Latin American Working Group, and the Albuquerque Zoo & BioPark Community Board. She is elected secretary of the Toyah Band of Comanche and active huutsi (Comanche paternal grandmother).