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Ofelia Zepeda is a member
of the Tohono O'odham Nation

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and was born and raised
in Stanfield, Arizona.

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She is a Regents' Professor
of Linguistics and recipient

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of the MacArthur
Fellowship for her work

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in American-Indian language
education, maintenance,

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and recovery.

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Dr. Zepeda has published two
books of poetry, Ocean Power,

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Poems from the Desert and
Jewed 'i-hoi, Earth Movements.

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She is co-editor of Home
Places, a celebration

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of 20 years of Sun
Tracks publications

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and of Home, Native
People in the Southwest.

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Her poetry has
also been published

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in reinventing the enemy's
language, fever dreams,

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Poetry Of The West, a Columbia
Anthology, and other journals

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and publications.

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Professor Zepeda
teaches and researches

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the Tohono O'odham
language and issues

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of language documentation
and revitalisation.

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She published the first grammar
textbook of O'odham, a Tohono

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O'odham Grammar.

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She is a co-founder and director
of the American-Indian Language

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Development Institute, one of
the longest running indigenous

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language institutes with
an international reputation

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for training educators and
Native American students.