Summer Wesley is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a dedicated community advocate, dynamic public speaker, and driven entrepreneur. She spent many years as a social worker and graduated law school from the University of Oklahoma (2013), before founding, Hopoksia, LLC; a company providing educational presentations and diversity and inclusion trainings to organizations; mediation services for parties in civil legal matters; as well as research, writing, editing, and social media management services.
In 2016, Summer was honored for her dedication to community advocacy and service by being given the Norman's Human Rights Award and being named one of Cleveland County's 2017 Women of Influence. The Journal Record named Summer a member of their 2018 class of "Achievers Under 40". Her passion lies in community-building and empowering others.
Summer serves on the Board of Directors for Matriarch, a non-profit program that focuses on empowering Native women. Additionally, she has previously provided her service to the Boards of Directors for other community organizations, including the Oklahoma Indigenous Theatre Company (2019-2022), which envisions a thriving, vibrant and sustainable creative space that gives voice and presence on stage to Indigenous cultures. Summer was also a founding Board member of Live Indigenous OK (2016-2019), which later merged into Matriarch and was instrumental in bringing Indigenous Peoples' Day to both Norman and Oklahoma City. She formerly served as part of Oklahoma County's ICWA Post Adjudication Review Board (2019-2020), where she donated her time reviewing child welfare cases for compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act.
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor 2013
University of Oklahoma School of Law
Certificate in American Indian Law
Master of Arts in Native American Studies 2013
University of Oklahoma
Dual Degree recipient, with JD
Thesis: “Trademarking Tradition: Intellectual Property & Native American Tribes”
Master of Library & Information Studies 2022
University of Oklahoma School of Law
Pre-Law Summer Institute 2010
University of New Mexico School of Law,
American Indian Law Center
Master of Arts in Administrative Leadership 2008
University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Liberal Studies 2005
University of Oklahoma
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