Toby Joseph Sr. is a Native American Bahaī of Jicarilla Apache and Tabeguache Ute descent from Manitou Springs, Colorado. Toby has over 25 years of working in Coast Salish Tribal communities supporting indigenous sustainability through social-economic development, and spiritual growth through cultural pathways. 

Believing in a cultural system of thought that focuses on the investigation of truth, consultation, action, and reflection and the principles of being kind, loving, radiant, truthful, and just, Toby uses this ideology in his work, while focusing on interactions with the community through a cultural perspective.