Asniya’s mission is to inspire and empower underserved Native American children with medical knowledge and opportunities.
Asniya is a non-profit outreach program that recruits medical students to teach health and medicine to indigenous children. "Asniya interns" deliver dynamic hands-on classroom presentations to captivate children’s interest in medical science, disease prevention, and careers in health care. For more than 25 years Asniya has inspired Native youth while expanding the cultural awareness of future physicians.
Danette Flint

Danette is currently a staff Cardiologist and Cardiac Intensivist at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She obtained her medical degree from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2013 and her bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in 2009, where she majored in chemistry. Following medical school, she remained at Dartmouth and completed her training in Internal Medicine (2016), Chief Resident (2017), Cardiology (2020) and Critical Care (2021).

Danette first worked with Asniya as a medical student intern in 2012, where she was invited to contribute to the development of a science education-oriented after-school program sponsored by the Health Education and Promotion Council in Rapid City, South Dakota. She continued to work in curriculum development for Asniya after her initial experience, and subsequently joined the Board in 2014.

She has always had a passion for education, science and health care and is enjoying the opportunity to work with a program dedicated to bringing new opportunities in medicine to Native American children.

"The path to one’s strength, pride, integrity, and wisdom often starts with a vision as a child. Our children may be granted visions in many ways. Often, it is through a teacher with a pure heart."
  • Asniya.org
    PO Box 9746
    Rapid City, SD, 57709
    info@asniya.org