Alicia Velasquez (Apache, Yaqui) is the creator and owner of The House of Dotł'izhi, Iowa City’s first woman-owned Native American business. She is an award-winning artist having won awards for excellence from both the Iowa City Summer of the Arts and the Des Moines Art Festival. Her work has been featured at Indigenous Paris Fashion Week, Phoenix Fashion Week, the DUMA Craft Invitational, JCK Magazine, Native Max, and numerous other publications. She is the co-founder of two nonprofits -- The Autism Center and Fourth Sister Rising. In that capacity, she has experience in the areas of fundraising, financial management, employee oversight, and training. She is a sought-after public speaker, giving talks throughout the country on issues like small business ownership, indigenous enterprise, Native traditions, autism and developmental disabilities. She lives in Iowa City with her husband and children.

Learn more about Alicia here: https://dotlizhi.com

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