Kami Groten is of the Red House People Clan, born for the Water Flows Together Clan. Her maternal grandfather is of the One Who Walks Around Clan and her paternal grandfather is of the Big Water Clan. She grew up a stone’s throw from the Navajo Reservation in Gallup, New Mexico. She attended the University of New Mexico and studied Signed Language Interpreting and Biology before participating in the Southern California Regional Dental Post-Baccalaureate Program at UCLA’s School of Dentistry. She received her dental training with an emphasis in Rural Health from the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine in 2013. She then returned back home and has been working as a general dentist with the Indian Health Service at Gallup Indian Medical Center. She is a first time mom to a rambunctious little boy. He absolutely hates brushing his teeth, but like his mom, he loves the outdoors. She also enjoys camping, fishing, indoor rock climbing, snowboarding, competitive bowling, reading, going to the movies and pulling teeth. Kami was a site fellow at Gallup Indian Medical Center in Gallup, New Mexico.