Ronya Hoblit, was born and raised in Martin, SD, and is a member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe. Her undergraduate degrees in psychology, Native American Studies, and Master of Interdisciplinary Studies degree were earned at The University of Montana.  Other degrees have been earned from Chief Dull Knife College (Lame Deer, MT) and Sitting Bull College (Fort Yates, ND). Her work since 2001 has been as the Career Counselor at Sitting Bull College. She has one son, Jonathan, and is Unci to his daughter, Sophia.  Ms. Hoblit has been published in the Tribal College Journal and Laramie County Community College’s High Plains Register: LCCC’s Literary and Arts Magazine.  Most recently (2011), as a member of the Oak Lake Writers’ Society, one of her poems was included in He Sapa Woihanble: Black Hills Dream.