Paulene Abeyta serves as a Democratic Representative for District 69 in the New Mexico state legislature.
Michelle Abeyta earned an associate degree in hospitality and tourism from Central New Mexico Community College, a bachelor’s degree in Native American studies and communication from the University of New Mexico, and a law degree from the University of Arizona. Abeyta has served on the To’hajiilee Community School Board of Education, the National Native American Bar Association Board, the Woman, Infants & Children (WIC) Board for the Acoma-Canoncito-Laguna Service Unit, the Canoncito Band of Navajos Health Center, Inc. Abeyta also graduated from Emerge New Mexico’s Class of 2017.
