Kate Herrera Jenkins, Shu-wah-mitz, (Turquoise Woman), E-RYT 500, is a member of the Pueblo of Cochiti in New Mexico. She is the founder of Native Strength Revolution, an Indigenous wellness nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL Indigenous communities heal through movement and wellness discovery.

After witnessing the lack of accessible wellness programming on her own reservation, Kate felt called to create something different—something rooted in culture, leadership, and community. Through Native Strength Revolution, she has trained more than 100 Indigenous yoga instructors who now carry culturally grounded movement and healing practices back to their own communities across Turtle Island. What began as a vision has grown into a living wellness web serving more than 80 communities and over 8,000 Indigenous relatives. 

Her work centers Indigenous leadership and the belief that wellness is not a luxury, but a pathway to cultural strength, resilience, and collective renewal.
Kate began her journey in the healing arts as a Board-Certified Music Therapist in 1998. Yoga found her in 2007, and she was immediately struck by the parallels between yogic practice and Pueblo ceremonial traditions. She became a yoga teacher in 2009 and later opened Kiva Hot Yoga in Birmingham, Alabama in 2011.

A long-distance runner, Kate is honored to serve as an ambassador with New York Road Runners and Grandma’s Marathon. She moves fluidly between Indigenous tradition and contemporary wellness spaces, embracing her role as a cultural bridge. Her teaching weaves movement, music, Indigenous storytelling, and leadership development—creating spaces where participants reconnect with ceremony, community, and their own inner strength.