Growing up and living on the Lummi Reservation, many traditional foods I ate were abundant and we were unaware of how climate change affects them. The salmon, clams, oysters, Dungeness crab, shrimp, many other sea foods, herbs, plants, and other animals make up Lummi's traditional diet. It was not until my first year of high school that I recognized the threat climate change posed to my own traditional way of life. When I took an environmental science class, and we started the chapter on climate change I had thought about how much our culture would suffer. I thought about how my younger brothers, cousins, and future generations would have to deal with the loss of culturally important resources. This inspired me to learn more about climate change and ways that I could help. It was not until the Summer of 2021 when I got the chance to work with Lummi's Natural Resources Department assisting in clam surveys and capturing invasive European green crabs. During this time, I worked with many people who got a degree in the environmental sciences field, and they helped me realize it was something I wanted to pursue myself. Helping conduct research and fight off green crabs that harm native species was something I was passionate about and had fun doing. I enjoyed being outdoors instead of at a desk all day and found a place that I wanted to continue working at in the future. I liked working there so much that I was able to extend my working period for more two weeks, which was a few days before I was going to start school. I was also told that the tribe did not have a designated climate change person and that they should make a position, which I would be interested in doing once I graduate college. It is also a dream of mine to direct the Natural Resources department when I get older because there has not been led by a Lummi tribal member for many years. Once I graduate with my degree, I hope to work somewhere within Washington to focus on climate change effects locally. There is not a specific agency, department, or company that I am interested in working at. I would like to work on projects that would find and create solutions to problems caused by climate change. Whether it be finding solutions for ocean acidification, sea level rise, rising temperatures, greenhouse gases or anything else that contributes to climate change. I would also like to educate people about climate change and how it affects everyone because a lot of people do not accurately know a lot about it. Education is a crucial step in addressing climate change because it informs other people about it and can cause them to make changes in their own life that are environmentally friendly. I would like to travel around the world to work with different communities that are most impacted by climate change to help create solutions and advocate for them. When I get older, I plan to work for Lummi to mitigate and adapt to climate change within the community through several projects covering all areas of. I hope to guide Lummi and other Indigenous communities throughout the country and beyond through the climate crisis so that our cultures and traditions survive for future generations.