Jacquelyn Saice

Jacquelyn Saice is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, entrepreneur, community advocate, author, student, mother, and grandmother. She is deeply passionate about healing, understanding people and their experiences, and helping others feel seen, heard, respected, and understood. Her academic, community, and lived experiences have strengthened her commitment to supporting Native children and families, with particular interests in family stability, housing, mental health, trauma, recovery, child welfare, and access to culturally responsive services and resources.

Jacquelyn is a second-year student at Minneapolis College, where she has earned Dean’s List recognition and membership in Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Her studies center on human services, psychology, and social work, with interests in trauma-informed care, advocacy, family preservation, mental health, housing stability, recovery, and systems change. Her education reflects her passion for understanding people and the circumstances that shape their lives and for helping individuals and families navigate difficult systems while preserving dignity, culture, connection, and voice.

She believes meaningful change begins with listening, understanding lived experience, and recognizing the humanity behind every case, policy, and system. Her goal is to help identify barriers affecting American Indian children and families and contribute to culturally grounded solutions that strengthen families and ensure community voices are seen, heard, and valued.