Robin Maxkii (Múhhecónnuck / MX) is an award-winning writer, technologist, and creative force whose work spans from the Smithsonian to Sundance. A self-taught coder who began hacking in middle school, she’s spent her life breaking systems and building better ones in their place (or at least trying to).
She starred in a Google documentary seen by millions, co-hosted PBS’s Code Trip, and co-directed a student film now housed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. A first-generation college graduate, she also launched the country’s first Native American collegiate hackathon, cementing her place as one of the most visible Indigenous voices in tech.
Robin’s creative career began at Wieden+Kennedy under the legendary David Kennedy, where she wrote national campaigns for the American Indian College Fund. Since then, she’s penned a short film that reached 26 million views in 24 hours, served as Creative Director for Sundance Film Festival’s inaugural Indigenous House, and was invited to speak at the United Nations as a “Woman in Tech Making a Difference.”
She’s been a featured speaker on national panels addressing Indigenous issues and was tapped to write an introductory address for former First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. Her writing spans academic journals, lifestyle magazines, viral campaigns, and was even excerpted in a nonfiction book by former U.S. Senator and New York Times bestselling author Byron Dorgan.
Her words have appeared in the New York Times and on the back of an Old Spice deodorant. Yes, both ends of the literary spectrum.
She’s the creative mind behind culture-shifting campaigns like This is Indian Country, #IndigenousEveryday, and Move Aside. Whether crafting viral films, reimagining brand storytelling, or advocating for Native representation in every room she enters, Robin’s work aims to hit where tradition meets technology, rooted in ceremony, wired for change
She’s not here to be the first or the only, she’s here to make sure she’s never the last.
She starred in a Google documentary seen by millions, co-hosted PBS’s Code Trip, and co-directed a student film now housed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. A first-generation college graduate, she also launched the country’s first Native American collegiate hackathon, cementing her place as one of the most visible Indigenous voices in tech.
Robin’s creative career began at Wieden+Kennedy under the legendary David Kennedy, where she wrote national campaigns for the American Indian College Fund. Since then, she’s penned a short film that reached 26 million views in 24 hours, served as Creative Director for Sundance Film Festival’s inaugural Indigenous House, and was invited to speak at the United Nations as a “Woman in Tech Making a Difference.”
She’s been a featured speaker on national panels addressing Indigenous issues and was tapped to write an introductory address for former First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. Her writing spans academic journals, lifestyle magazines, viral campaigns, and was even excerpted in a nonfiction book by former U.S. Senator and New York Times bestselling author Byron Dorgan.
Her words have appeared in the New York Times and on the back of an Old Spice deodorant. Yes, both ends of the literary spectrum.
She’s the creative mind behind culture-shifting campaigns like This is Indian Country, #IndigenousEveryday, and Move Aside. Whether crafting viral films, reimagining brand storytelling, or advocating for Native representation in every room she enters, Robin’s work aims to hit where tradition meets technology, rooted in ceremony, wired for change
She’s not here to be the first or the only, she’s here to make sure she’s never the last.