Patricio, Felisha

Felisha Patricio of Acoma Pueblo is the oldest of the six daughters of Melanie and Robert Patricio. She learned how to make pottery through watching and working her parents as she grew up. In turn, she has helped to teach her sisters.

Robert is a perennial participant and ribbon-earner at Santa Fe Indian Market and at the Heard Museum Guild Indian Arts Fair & Market. Felisha grew up attending those events with him and as a teenager, she began entering her own pieces in the juried competitions. Felisha was immediately earning ribbons in the Youth Divisions, then she aged out and graduated to earning ribbons in the Adult Divisions.

Felisha graduated from Arizona State University and has a day job working for the Acoma Tribal Authority. She still makes pottery in her spare time.