Antonia Belindo

Operations & Project Manager

Antonia Belindo (she/her) is the Operations and Project Manager of the BLIS Collective. She is a citizen of the Kiowa Tribe and also carries lineage from the Skidi Band of the Pawnee Nation, the Choctaw Nation, and the Bitter Water Clan of the Diné Nation. Her work is rooted in the responsibility of carrying forward the values, languages, and cultural practices that her people entrusted to her. She has worked across Tribal Nations, higher education institutions, and non-profits in roles that center representation, justice, and holistic well-being. Most recently, she supported philanthropic efforts to directly serve Native students nationally as Alumni Engagement Manager at Native Forward Scholars Fund, and previously advanced community programs, policy implementation, and legal advocacy at the University of Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, and Choctaw Nation. Her leadership extends beyond professional roles: Antonia has served on advisory boards advancing urban behavioral health access and Indigenous Nation building through computer science education. Antonia is also actively engaged in the Kiowa Tribe’s language and culture revitalization efforts through various programs as a linguist and in a women’s leadership role. She earned her undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma. As an artist and writer, Antonia uses creative expression as a weapon against colonial normativity, choosing instead to amplify generational healing, defiant joy, and liberatory imagination.