Education:
Middle school: Dwight Middle School
Years: 2006-2008
High school: South San Antonio High School
Class of 2012
Palo Alto College Alamo Community Colleges
Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts
Class of 2015
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Bachelors in Arts & Science: Mathematics, Writing, History & Business Administration
Class of 2017
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus
Masters of Indigenous People’s Law
Class of 2023
Work Experience:
Haven For Hope
Campus Operations facilitator & Procurement Specialist I
2017
American Indians in Texas – Spanish Mission Indians
2019
United States Marine Corps – Officer Candidate School
2020
Society of Native Nations
Senior Policy Officer
2023 – Current
Extracurricular Activities:
Musician with Rendon Rhythm
Hobbies/Interest:
Reading/Writing, Earning my Private Pilot License, Riding Motorcycles, Horseback Riding, Gardening, Hiking, Long-Distant Running & Weight Lifting.
Biography:
Cheyenne Rendon is a Texas’s beloved and respected Native, Daughter, and Mother. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Ms. Rendon credits her parents (who were only teenagers at the time of her birth) and elders for laying the loving foundation which has become her greatest resource for achieving success.
Like her parents, she graduated from South San Antonio High School. She then became the first member of her family to graduated from college earning her undergraduate degrees from The University of North Texas in Denton (UNT) graduating in 2017 with honors & recognition. After graduating from UNT, she continued her ambitions by contracting with the United States Marine Corps and earning a spot as an Officer Candidate. After her released from orders in 2020 she later gave birth to her son, Little Hawk.
She advance her education, graduating from Oklahoma University with a Masters in Indigenous People’s Law where she currently practices with Society of Native Nations, an Intertribal Native American Indian Nonprofit, as the Senior Policy Officer.
In Tandem, She has been apart of Building A Purpose as a Senior Advisory Council Member and has been an active member in her community advocating for equity with Indigenous rights, Environmental Justice and helping to protect and preserve Indigenous Spirituality, culture and way of life.