An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, he is retired from a lifetime of hard work in difficult conditions on and off the Navajo Nation. He has worked on the railroads in Kansas, in the Colorado mines, and in food service in Chinle and red Mesa schools. He now lives in Teec Nos Pos, Arizona on the Navajo Nation. A foster grandparent, he is deeply committed to educating youth in Navajo cultural traditions and raising them well.