Maloa is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma where she is also a registered artist. Maloa currently lives in Seattle, WA where she works with the Quinault Indian Nation Tribal Court and Rise Above, a native youth Non-Profit Organization.

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Working with indigenous organizations is important to her, as it aligns with her life’s work of changing and decolonizing the current narrative while honoring our indigenous communities.

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She is the grandchild of a boarding school survivor who suffered most of his life in overcoming those early childhood traumas of physical & emotional abuse because he spoke his Choctaw language. She continues to visualize ways to impact social change and illuminate Indigenous voices throughout Indian Country.

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