We’re excited to welcome Anisa Pelayo as program and marketing manager for UNLV’s International Center for Gaming Regulation.

Anisa supports the Division of Research and serves as advisor to UNLV’s American Indigenous Business Leaders chapter. Previously, she was the marketing and public relations coordinator for the Indian Nations Gaming and Governance Program at the William S. Boyd School of Law.

A UNLV graduate who earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing, Anisa has received several honors, including the 2026 Changemaker Award from the Utah Division of Indian Affairs and United National Indian Tribal Youth’s 25 Under 25 Award. She also co-founded Nevada’s first American Indigenous Business Leaders chapter at UNLV. Anisa is a citizen of the Cedar Band of Paiutes and is Nuwu (Southern Paiute) and Diné (Navajo).

If you have any questions, please contact the Division of Research at unlvresearch@unlv.edu.