Tanaya Winder is an author, singer/songwriter, and motivational speaker. She comes from an intertribal lineage of Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, and Duckwater Shoshone Nations where she is an enrolled citizen. Her work emphasizes “heartwork” – the life path one is meant to follow by using their gifts and passions. She blends storytelling, singing, and spoken word to teach about different expressions of love. Her specialties include youth empowerment and healing trauma through art.
Her poem "Dear Self-Love" appears in Rhyme & Rhythm: Poems for Student Athletes, available here.