Esme Olivia grew up in traditional Tiwa Pueblo lands known as Albuquerque, NM to a Mestiza Mexican-American mother & Dutch-Jewish father. Her blood is a peace treaty she honors through prayers of dance, poetry & song.
She lives between Hawai’i & Jicarilla Apache, Pueblo & Ute terrain in New Mexico, studying how music, dance & storytelling may seed new culture & offer fresh water to the thirsty.