Kituusit // Who Are You?
Dipping Spoon Team
We are a group of multicultural Alaska Native, Native American, and Black food systems changemakers on a mission to amplify and transform cultural identity through food and all the industries food touches.
We envision a global world where all Indigenous youth champion their culture, ancestral blueprint to rebel against institutional boundaries to become entrepreneurial culinary rockstars through Food, Science, Media, Sports, Design, and Foreign Policy in the Public and Private Sector.
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Founder, Ceo, Activist | Yup’ik and Black Queen
Mellon Foundation Fellow
James Beard Foundation Legacy Fellow
Vital Voices Global Partnership X TRESemmé Leadership Incubator Fellow
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Culture Bearer, Camp Leader, Master Yup’ik Beadweaving Artist, Nurse
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Culture Bearer, Camp Leader, Mindfulness Teacher, Creative Director
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Culture Bearer, Culinary Director, Chef
Culture & Company Ethos
Dipping Spoon is an Indigenous and Black woman-founded Non-Profit Hospitality Agency, empowering the Next Generation of Indigenous Youth to become Culinary Rockstars and Food Systems Leaders.
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We lead firmly anchored in our ancestral blueprint and believe lived experiences are change-making superpowers. Our agency is keen on what the world would look like without the bold creativity, flavors and design of Indigenous peoples and artisans.
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Beyond and behind our mission and student programming, there are trend-savvy social impact experts hunting, gathering, researching, and executing. We operate from a seasonal and hospitality business lens; trends come and go, but the people we serve remain constant. When we stay ahead of the curve and adapt our mission, we keep the needs of our students and all Indigenous Youth at the top.
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Meet the Board
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Tina Harness
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Stephen Qacung Blanchett
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Isabella Diorio
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Raylon Almon
CULTIVATING CULINARY ROCKSTARS, ROOTED IN CULTURE