Hawley briefed National Press Foundation fellows in October 2024: CNN Hero and Local Reporter: It Comes Down to Trust. 

Tescha Hawley is the Founder of Day Eagle Hope Project and the volunteer Executive Director. She was motivated to start this nonprofit organization after personally experiencing many trials and challenges on her own journey navigating life with a breast cancer diagnosis. She is an enrolled member of the Aaniiih (Gros Ventre) Tribe in Fort Belknap, Montana.A graduate of Washington University in Saint Louis and Montana State University Billings, Tescha has two master’s degrees in Social Work and Health Care Administration. She works at Fort Belknap’s Tribal Health Program.Tescha is active in the community and works full time as a mental health therapist. She has worked diligently to help move her community through a Suicide epidemic on the reservation.