Kendra Becenti

Cultural Program Manager

Kendra Becenti (she/her) is the Cultural Program Manager of the BLIS Collective. She is a citizen of the Diné Nation and comes from the strong matrilineal lines of the Black Streaked Wood People Clan. Previously, she served as Advocacy and Evaluation Manager at the Indigenous Health Equity Institute, an Oregon-based nonprofit focused on building and mobilizing a state-wide movement to decolonize public health for equity. She also held a program manager position at the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute. Kendra earned a BA in Psychology and Native American Studies from Stanford University where she was a community caretaker, student organizer and young researcher. She offered personal and research writings on topics of racial bias and Indigenous identity in outlets ranging from Stanford’s student newspaper to the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.