So our first poet tonight then is Dr. Ofelia Zepeda
who is an O'odham poet and Regents' Professor
of Linguistics here at the University of Arizona.
She is also the founding director of the American Indian
Language Development Institute.
She's a founding collaborator of the Place
Where Clouds Are Formed and the project
draws its title from her 2008 collection
Where Clouds Are Formed.
Please join me in welcoming Ofelia Zepeda.
[APPLAUSE]