by Roslyn Hernández is joined by Dewy Bill and Delaney Hornby from Mending Wings to reflect on the importance of Indigenous youth leadership development. They discuss some of Mending Wings’ programs, the power of faithful presence, and how they are seeing God move in their community.
Learn more about Mending Wings at mendingwings.net.
Connect with CCDA’s Indigenous Network at ccda.org/indigenous.
Hi! I’m Dewy Bill. I’m 23 years old and an enrolled Yakama Nation member. I serve as the Dancing Our Prayers Director with Mending Wings. I am grateful to follow where God is calling me to be, and who he is placing in my life. Remember to be who God made you to be. May He bless you and keep you.
I am Delaney Hornby, and I am the SLAM Trips director at Mending Wings in Washington State on the Yakama Nation Reservation. I have been serving with Mending Wings since 2024. My husband Erik and I also pastor a small church here on the reservation and have been here since 2023. I have 3 kids; the 2 oldest are married, and each has 2 children. Our youngest child is engaged to be married soon.
Roslyn M. Hernández is a Latina public theologian, researcher, creative, activist, and contemplative. Through her work with Chasing Justice, Fuller Youth Institute, Centro Latino de Fuller, Tenx10, and CCDA, she centers the holistic spiritual development, engagement, and empowerment of emerging generations. Across her roles, Roslyn cultivates healing spaces grounded in justice, holy listening, and embodied faith. She is especially called to support Indigenizing and intergenerational healing within the Latina church. Roslyn holds a B.A. in Film & Media Studies and Spanish from UC Santa Barbara and an M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary, with an emphasis in Youth, Family, and Culture. She enjoys spending time in nature, traveling, ancestral wisdom, culinary traditions, and savoring solitude with a cup of herbal tea.
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