Cherilyn Yazzie

Cherilyn Yazzie is an American and Navajo politician, farmer, and entrepreneur. She serves as a delegate on the 25th Navajo Nation Council where she is the vice chair of the Law and Order Committee.

Yazzie is the co-founder of Coffee Pot Farms, an off-grid farm established to address food insecurity on the Navajo Nation. After working for 13 years as a public health professional and social worker, she was motivated by the lack of access to fresh food on the reservation, a recognized food desert. Her work establishing the farm has been featured in documentaries.