Yoli is a Ronald E. McNair Research Fellow who started her education in a Digital Media Production program. Her video, audio, and animation background still drives the way she thinks about archaeology today.  She received her Bachelors of Science in Archaeological Studies at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse in 2015. She completed the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Anthropology from the University of Washington in 2017. She has participated in community-based archaeological projects in Wisconsin (Tremaine Site Complex), Alaska (Nunalleq Project), and Oregon (Field Methods in Indigenous Archaeology). Yoli’s research interests include: Computer applications in archaeology, community and Indigenous archaeology, GIS, digital curation, re-analysis of legacy data, and Pacific Northwest archaeology.