Matty Motylenski

Matty Motylenski (they/them) is Kanyen’kehá:ka, First Nations, and an enrolled member of the Bay of Quinte Band of Mohawks. They are an urban NDN, born and raised in New York City, with close ties to their community on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Southern Ontario, Canada. Matty holds a bachelor’s degree in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration from Yale University.

As the Program Manager at NYU’s Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities & Lands (Center CIRCL), Matty cultivates academic and cultural initiatives around Indigenous Studies and strives to create opportunities for Lenape citizens to spend time in their homelands. In their free time, Matty is a blue-ribbon baker and marathon runner, deepening their passions around food sovereignty and land-centered practices.

You can reach Matty via email at info@aich.org.