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.
Jennifer Hasvold

Dr. Hasvold grew up in South Dakota and studied Political Science and Health Policy at Duke University. She received her M.D. from the University of Michigan in 2010, and completed her residency there in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in 2014. She currently practices in Rapid City, South Dakota as a hospitalist and primary care pediatrician, with a special interest in adolescent health. She works with medical students as a clinical assistant professor with the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. From 2005 - 2006 she worked for Homeland, a Cambodian grassroots non-profit, writing grants and researching the psychological effects of child trafficking. She joined the board of Asniya in 2016.

"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 746
    Rapid City, SD, 57709
    info@asniya.org