Tasha Hart Guerrero is a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate and also a descendant of the Spirit Lake Nation and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.  

Tasha is a College Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University in the School of Social Work. Tasha served as the School Social Worker at the Native American Community Academy (NACA) in Albuquerque, NM where she provided holistic and culturally relevant counseling, crisis intervention, and equine therapy to Indigenous youth. Tasha previously worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) as National Coordinator for the Victim Assistance Program and assisted with coordinating federal missing, murdered, and human trafficking efforts related to Indigenous people. Her social work experience also includes working with Tribal communities and Indigenous children, youth, and families in the area of child protection, child welfare, crisis intervention with law enforcement, program management, victim assistance, therapy, training and technical assistance, and policy and program development.

Tasha’s doctoral studies, studies and research were related to Indigenous social work education and best social work practices for working with Indigenous populations. Tasha also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the New Mexico Highlands University Facundo Valdez School of Social Work.