Juanita Grace Corbine Espinosa

Background

Espinosa, Juanita Grace Corbine was born on September 27, 1956 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Melvin William and Philomene (Peltier) Corbine.

Education

Associate of Arts, Minneapolis Community College, 1985.

Career

Director Native Arts Center. Program director Native American Cultural Arts Program, COMPAS, Inc. Organizer People of Phillips, Minneapolis.

Team leader Career Assessment Center, Heart of the Earth Survival School. Community educator North America Water Office, cooperative organizer, office manager Womanswork Diversified Arts. Consultant Alliance Cultural Democracy, 1988-1989, Lerner Publications, 1990, Minnesota History Society, 1992.

Achievements

• Juanita Grace Corbine Espinosa has been listed as a noteworthy cultural association administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Minneapolis American Indian Center, since 1983, Alley Newspaper, 1989-1993, Alliance Cultural Democracy, 1992-1997. Advisory member McKnight Neighborhood Self Help Initiatives Program Foundation, 1987-1992. President In the City Arts, since 1990.

Member grants committee Headwater Fund, 1992-1994. President, 2d circle board of directors Atlah, 1996.

Interests

• Avocations: beading, sewing, community radio voice work.

Connections

Married Edward Paul Espinosa, January 14, 1978 (divorced 1979). Children: Adonijah Edward Espinosa, Demetrius Paul Espinosa, Wastewin Margareta Patrice Gonzalez, Wakinyan Adelita Sandoval.

Father:

Melvin William Corbine

Mother:

Philomene (Peltier) Corbine

Spouse:

Edward Paul Espinosa

child:

Wakinyan Adelita Sandoval Espinosa

child:

Wastewin Margareta Patrice Gonzalez Espinosa

child:

Adonijah Edward Espinosa

child:

Demetrius Paul Espinosa