SOVEREIGN
BODIES
INSTITUTE

Annita Lucchesi serves as the Founder and Director of  Sovereign Bodies Institute. She is of Cheyenne descent and currently lives on her Cheyenne homelands in Montana. She is a survivor of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and trafficking. Outside her role at SBI, Annita earned her PhD at the University of Arizona's School of Geography, Development, & Environment, and served as a Graduate Scholar at UA's Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance.