Shandiin joined the Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) in 2013, following two field seasons as a Corpsmember and then leading a trail crew in 2015. Shandiin then lead a professional trail crew in the Cascade Mountains with the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, worked on dry stone masonry work with a Durango landscaping company, and became an instructor for the Student Conservation Association. Over time, Shandiin felt private sector work lacked indigenous community involvement and missed the sacred geography of the Dinetah homeland, which ultimately lead her back to SCC. She is now a Program Coordinator with the Ancestral Lands Navajo program.