New Year, New Name

Above - photo of me as a possible 11 year old, with my dog, Nanook. 

I changed my name, it became official on December 31st, 2024.  I have a new name for the new year!  My former legal name was Allison Ann Warden, and my artist name was Allison Akootchook Warden.  My artistic name had integrated one of my traditional Iñupiaq names, Akootchook.  Now, my legal name is Aisa (pronounced Eye-suh) Warden.
It is also my artistic name.

Everyone is curious as to WHY I changed my name.  I'm not ready to share the full story here now, yet I can say that I love having a new name!  It does go along with my major move from Alaska to Texas, which happened in October of 2023.  It is a support to that major move.  

Above, I am wearing a cowboy hat and scarf, which makes me think that I must have known somehow that I would eventually become a Texan!  More soon, I am redesigning my entire site to honor my change in my name. 

​My niece asked me if she can still call me Allison, and I said no.  I am Aisa now!