Female-owned and operated by Alexandra Machado, Snake Mountain Ranch was founded in 2018. Alex was raised in the Metro-Detroit area of Michigan and relocated to Bellingham WA in 2016 to learn more about regenerative agriculture and holistic management through internships, workshops, and mentorship. In 2022, Alex made the decision to leave her work as a full-time welder and fabricator and moved to Eastern WA to partner with Beth Robinette on the Lazy R Ranch in Cheney to focus on co-facilitating New Cowgirl Camp, and her revamped version of “Snake Mountain Ranch”, that focuses on grazing as a service and a more co-operative form of ranching. Thus, Sundog Sheep Co. was born! Alex is a multiracial Cuban-Nicaraguan-Midwest Indigenous woman, passionate about migrant farm-worker's rights, land trusts, food sovereignty, and diversity & equality in agriculture.

Her mission is to honor the land and it’s living organisms, big and small, by being a responsible steward and shepherd; to uphold Indigenous values and tradition through the preservation of the Navajo-Churro breed, the oldest breed of domesticated sheep in America; and to contribute and connect with our local community through conservation, food sovereignty, and equality.