# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ofelia-zepeda
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:03:37.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ofelia-zepeda"
name: "Ofelia Zepeda"
slug: "ofelia-zepeda"
description: "Ofelia Zepeda is a poet and intellectual of the Tohono Oʼodham Nation located in the United States. She is Regents' Professor of Tohono O'odham language and linguistics and Director of the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI) at the University of Arizona. Dr. Zepeda is also the recipient of a Department of Education grant that establishes a regional resource center for indigenous languages, the West Regional Native American Language Resource Center."
tagline: "American linguist"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.428571428571429
  historical:           7.209540000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ofelia Zepeda"
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    title: "أوفيليا زيبيدا"
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    title: "اوفيليا زيبيدا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofelia_Zepeda"
    title: "Ofelia Zepeda"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofelia_Zepeda"
    title: "Ofelia Zepeda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofelia_Zepeda"
    title: "Ofelia Zepeda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofelia_Zepeda"
    title: "Ofelia Zepeda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofelia_Zepeda"
    title: "Ofelia Zepeda"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump