Harvey is Navajo (Diné) from Dzith-Na-O-Dith-Hle “Rotating mountain”, an area south of Bloomfield. He grew up near Gallup and graduated from Rehoboth Christian School (2003). His mother is a retired elementary teacher and a first-generation college graduate, and his father retired from the BIA with nearly 40 years of service and operates the family cattle ranch. 

Harvey enlisted right out of high school into the US Navy and spent nearly 8 years as an aviation electronic technician specialized in radar and communication avionic systems. Post military, he graduated with an M.S., B.S and A.S. from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). Prior to working at Los Alamos National Laboratory, he worked at Google on the development of a proto unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and worked for a small avionics company in Albuquerque. He is a production engineer within the Intelligence, Space and Research Division (ISR), specifically within the Space Instrument Assurance and Modernization Group (ISR-7).

He is a current subcommittee member for the LANL Foundation, a Challenge Ambassador for the Challenge Ambassador Program and assists the LANL principal investigator (PI) with the NNSA Minority Serving Institute Partnership Program (MSIPP) with two indigenous consortiums for tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). He also is the assistance coach for the U12/13 competitive girls’ soccer team for Los Alamos Youth Soccer League (LAYSL). He resides in Los Alamos and has a 10-year daughter who attends LAPS.