with Ashley Fairbanks

“It’s kind of like the older I get the more boring my aspirations get."

Ashley Fairbanks is an Anishinaabe artist, organizer and creative director. A citizen of the White Earth Nation, born and raised in Minneapolis, Ashley graduated from Minneapolis South High School and studied Ojibwe language and political science at the University of Minnesota. She has worked in political communications and design for more than half her life, on campaigns ranging from city council to presidential. When not working in the chaos of the political world she still tries to make some art, bake bread and fall into strange YouTube holes. She currently works as the Creative Director of the 100% Campaign, a campaign for 100% clean and equitable energy in Minnesota, and resides in San Antonio, Texas.