Theresa Jean Ambo is the daughter of Lane and Dolores Stewart and sister to Ramona Rodriguez, Kelly Stewart and Lane "Buddy" Stewart. She is a member of Nohaarxe Miyii Pokuu and works full-time at UC San Diego as an assistant professor of education studies. She also co-directs the Indigenous Futures Institute and is passionate about research that examines the relationships between Native Nations and settler colonial universities. Her family descends from the villages of Jaibepet and Tobipet. 

Website: eds.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/ambo.html