Mikaela Crank is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and is from Dennehotso, Arizona. She is of the Towering House and Folded Arms clans. Her grandfather's clans are Salt and Red House. Mikaela is a College Horizons and Graduate Horizons alumna. She has returned to College Horizons to become the Scholars Pathway Program Director and lead the organization’s first student transition and retention program. She received her B.A. in Communication with a minor in American Indian Studies from Arizona State University and her Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Mikaela started her career in secondary education as a Title VII liaison for Mesa Public School's Native American Education Program and as a faculty member with Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School. She also has served as a student advisor for the Gila River Indian Community Tribal Education Department. In Mikaela's more recent work with higher education, she was a program specialist and lecturer II at the University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center with the Center for Native American Health and Stanford University’s Office of Undergraduate Admission. Currently, she is serving as a board member with We Are Healers, an organization focused on Native recruitment into the health sciences. Her area of specialization is college access, Native outreach, advocacy and student support. She resides in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.