August 20, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NAIHC is excited to welcome Bailey Yazzie to our team as a fall finance intern. With a background in affordable housing finance, tribal development, and banking, Bailey will support the operations team at NAIHC. Welcome Bailey!
Bailey Yazzie (Diné) is a finance graduate student and emerging leader in Native economic and community development. Originally from Tolani Lake, Arizona, she holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Haskell Indian Nations University and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
Bailey’s experience spans affordable housing finance, tribal development, and banking. She has interned at Travois, Inc., supporting Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) projects for tribal communities, and at Mid-America Bank, where she worked in real estate lending and compliance. Her career interests center on using financial tools to advance housing equity, sustainable infrastructure, and economic sovereignty across Indian Country.
She is a recipient of leadership awards from the Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) and the Society of Government Employees, and she brings a values-driven approach rooted in observation, collaboration, and service to tribal nations.