Her journey
Her journey
A cultural anthropologist, award-winning filmmaker, and National Geographic Explorer, Dr. Lindsey travels to the most remote corners of the earth to safeguard indigenous knowledge — and to stand as an advocate for social, environmental, and cultural justice.
First-hand accounts from some of the planet's most vulnerable regions are helping reshape global perspectives on leadership, conservation, and the future of communities on the front lines of change.
Recipient of the United Nations Visionary Award and the prestigious CINE Eagle Award, she has advised UN Ambassadors on the escalating crisis of environmental refugees.
Her service extends to the boards of global organizations — including the Tibet Fund for His Holiness, the Dalai Lama — and to the Global Council for World Pulse.
Mentored by Grandmaster Navigator Pius "Mau" Piailug — widely considered one of the greatest Wayfinders of the twenty-first century — she learned to read oceans the way her ancestors once did.
In 1999, she earned her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology, with a specialization in ethnonavigation.
Through scholarships established for women and children across the Pacific, Asia, and Southeast Asia, she is helping raise a new generation of cultural stewards and leaders — carriers of wisdom, entrusted with what came before and what comes next.
"To every elder, teacher, and mentor…
Wayfinders all,
Nui ko'u mahalo, my immense gratitude."
— Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey