My academic background includes an MS in Folklore Studies from the University of Oregon (2012) where I was an integral part of the creation of the Oregon Folklife Network and the revival of Oregon's TAP Program while a Graduate Research Fellow. I also completed an M. Ed and a Minor in Native American Studies (Southern Oregon University) and a BS in Elementary Education with a Minor in Art History (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
I currently work in the development field for a nonprofit performing arts organization--Eugene Opera. Through my nonprofit consulting business, I have worked with multiple performing arts organizations (dance, visual arts, film, music and performance/production projects) as well as with a local, historic, nonprofit performance venue. Former clients include multiple social service organizations and charter schools.
I have worked extensively with tribal and Jewish communities since 1992.
I was recently appointed Adjunct Faculty at The Falmouth Institute and will be training Tribal professionals about non-federal grant writing to private and public foundations through their certification programs.
I have federal grant reviewing experience through the National Endowment for the Arts (2020) and the Administration for Native Americans (2014-18). While a partner at Gray Sage Consulting, multiple federal grant submissions from the Department of Justice were awarded to the Tribes we served.
A list of federal, public and private grant awards I have submitted (primary writer or collaborative team approach) can be found here: https://www.fourwindseducationalconsulting.org/foundation-awards.html.
My LinkedIn profile can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahavah-oblak-a9243816/
The focus of my terminal project for my MS at the University of Oregon, was to design lessons and resources that were tied to the ODE’s Early Childhood Foundations for the new culture and language immersion preschool at the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation. We focused on seven traditional foods (three roots, two berries, salmon, and venison). For this project, I worked collaboratively with staff from the Warm Springs Tribe’s Culture and Heritage Department, preschool teachers, and Tribal community members. I also had the privilege of interviewing twelve traditional food gatherers for the Culture and Heritage Department’s Archives.
I have worn “many hats” in my life; mother, nonprofit advocate, herbalist, flower essence practitioner, organic farmer, teacher/instructor/educator, peace worker, world traveler, friend, dancer and lover of life.
I currently work in the development field for a nonprofit performing arts organization--Eugene Opera. Through my nonprofit consulting business, I have worked with multiple performing arts organizations (dance, visual arts, film, music and performance/production projects) as well as with a local, historic, nonprofit performance venue. Former clients include multiple social service organizations and charter schools.
I have worked extensively with tribal and Jewish communities since 1992.
I was recently appointed Adjunct Faculty at The Falmouth Institute and will be training Tribal professionals about non-federal grant writing to private and public foundations through their certification programs.
I have federal grant reviewing experience through the National Endowment for the Arts (2020) and the Administration for Native Americans (2014-18). While a partner at Gray Sage Consulting, multiple federal grant submissions from the Department of Justice were awarded to the Tribes we served.
A list of federal, public and private grant awards I have submitted (primary writer or collaborative team approach) can be found here: https://www.fourwindseducationalconsulting.org/foundation-awards.html.
My LinkedIn profile can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahavah-oblak-a9243816/
The focus of my terminal project for my MS at the University of Oregon, was to design lessons and resources that were tied to the ODE’s Early Childhood Foundations for the new culture and language immersion preschool at the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation. We focused on seven traditional foods (three roots, two berries, salmon, and venison). For this project, I worked collaboratively with staff from the Warm Springs Tribe’s Culture and Heritage Department, preschool teachers, and Tribal community members. I also had the privilege of interviewing twelve traditional food gatherers for the Culture and Heritage Department’s Archives.
I have worn “many hats” in my life; mother, nonprofit advocate, herbalist, flower essence practitioner, organic farmer, teacher/instructor/educator, peace worker, world traveler, friend, dancer and lover of life.