Meet Chief Michelle M. Roberts, the EPO of ANT New York and an Alaskan Native from the Tlingit tribe. In 2015 she became the first known female, Native American to achieve the rank of chief petty officer in the Coast Guard! Editors Note: The U.S. Coast Guard Historians Office designates MKC Michelle Roberts as the first known female, Native American to achieve the grade of Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. Since producing this story, it has been brought to the attention of @USCGNorthe