AlexAnna Salmon, of Yup’ik and Aleut ancestry, from Igiugig, Alaska, is an influential young Indigenous leader and President of the Igiugig Village Council (as well as the mother of six children). With an academic background in Native American Studies, Anthropology and Rural Development, AlexAnna has been a trailblazer on initiatives to develop renewable energy projects in her region and to revitalize the Yup’ik language and culture.