Jordynn Paz is from the Apsaalooke (Crow) Nation of southeast Montana. Growing up on the reservation, she regularly attended powwows and other cultural/ceremonial events, often with a book in hand. Jordynn received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Native American Studies from the University of Montana. As a journalist, she covered Indigenous issues including the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement, blood quantum, and the complexities of Indigenous identity. Jordynn was a production assistant for the docuseries Murder in Big Horn which covered MMIW cases within her home community.