Amada Lang

Director of Outdoor Adventure and Cultural Education 

Amada is a Karuk, Wiyot, and Konomihu Shasta Native, with family from the villages of Ka’tim’îin and Vunxárak along the Klamath River. Lang has a Bachelor’s degree in Recreation Administration and a Master’s degree in Environment and Community Social Science from Cal Poly Humboldt, working in the HSUFit program and with UIHS Hope Camp on the Bear River Casino to provide inclusive therapeutic opportunities for youth with disabilities. Lang has worked as a youth mentor at multiple organizations, including Two Feathers in McKinleyville and Pathmakers Program on Blue Lake Rancheria, supporting youth with promise, in crisis, and with holistic approaches specifically to prevent suicide. Lang has been a storyteller featured at various public forums, included in published academic ethnographies, and has organized virtual storytelling such as Facebook Live forums for Native voices on impacts of COVID, interviewing renowned authors such as Tommy Orange.