Voices of Indian Country

Tamara Colaque is part Chicana, raised from the villages of San Ildefonso, San Felipe and Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico. She aspires to become a published writer, multimedia artist, and entrepreneur. Tamara studied New Media Arts and Business Entrepreneurship at the Institute of American Indian Arts, where she received her BFA. Previously, she worked on multimedia productions for legislative campaigns, funding, commercials, documentary video, student shorts, interactive installations, radio/video broadcasting, and web series. Tamara is a passionate storyteller, dedicated to break down walls, ceilings, stereotypes and injustice across the Earth. In 2019, Tamara acted as Podcast Coordinator at Native Hope. She resides in Albuquerque, NM, where she continues collaboration on various multimedia and web development projects.