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Elton Naswood is of the Near to the Water People Clan, born for the Edge Water People Clan, his maternal grandfather’s clan is of the Mexican People, his paternal grandfather’s clan is of the Tangle People, this is how he is Navajo, Diné. He is originally from Whitehorse Lake, New Mexico, on the Navajo Reservation and resides in Denver, Colorado. Elton is the Executive Director of the Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ+ (2SLGBTQ+) Center for Equity, a national non-profit to address the needs for advocacy, resources, violence prevention, and healing in the 2SLGBTQ+ communities. He was formerly a Senior Program Analyst in the Capacity Building Division at the Office of Minority Health Resource Center and was a Capacity Building Assistance Specialist at the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center and the Founder and Program Coordinator for the Red Circle Project, AIDS Project Los Angeles. Elton received his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Sociology and American Indian Justice Studies from Arizona State University and attended the graduate degree program in American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.