A Spokane native and a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Ross worked as a teen in food service jobs at places that she hoped wouldn’t be forever. She knew her parents wouldn’t be able to pay for her …A Spokane native and a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Ross worked as a teen in food service jobs at places that she hoped wouldn’t be forever. She knew her parents wouldn’t be able to pay for her …