June Pino Cheromiah is a granddaughter of Mary Antonio. She is a daughter of James Pino and Zelda Chaplin Pino and a sister of Erwin Pino, Melvin Pino, and the mother of Christie, Sherrie, and Kelly Cheromiah. She learned to make pottery from Rachel Concho, Paul Lucario, Mildred Antonio, and Barbara & Joseph Cerno. Each piece is coil built from native clay and painted with bee-weed and clay slips.