Paige Priest ’20
Master of Public Health
Seneca (Turtle Clan)
Paige Priest is an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians. She is from the Cattaraugus reservation and a member of the turtle clan. She is graduating May 2020 with a Master of Public Health concentrating in food systems and health. As a member of IGSA since her first semester at Cornell (Fall 2018), she has volunteered with Lafayette High School tutoring since Spring 2019, and began helping to assist with the tutoring program Fall 2019 and Spring 2020.
During this semester and last, Fall 2019 and Spring 2020, she helped to arrange a trip to the Syracuse University Indigenous Fashion Show, a bowling event, sewing nights, and a trip to the Skänoñh center with the help of other IGSA officers and NAISAC members. This last semester, she was the president of IGSA.
With her short time at Cornell she was only able to take the AIISP Speaker Series course last Fall, but she’s been extremely grateful for this Program, as it was truly her home away from home.
