John’s research and advocacy for Indigenous college students and their inclusion within our national data fabric is situated at the intersection of his administrative and teaching experience in higher education, his academic training in college student counseling and development, and his leadership as Director of Research and Scholar Success for the Cobell Scholarship Program. A citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, John was raised where his Choctaw family relocated following his Tribe’s removal from their Southeastern ancestral homelands. From John’s unique platform, he challenges systemic invisibility and social constructions with reassuring leadership for sustainable progress and Indigenous student success through decision intelligence. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Science in Student Personnel Services degrees from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma – a Native American serving institution, and his doctorate in Counseling and Personnel Services from the University of Maryland, College Park with an emphasis in College Student Personnel Administration.