Ofelia Zepeda

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.