Ofelia Zepeda

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ofelia Zepeda
Occupation	Linguist
Date Of Birth	Mar 24, 1954(1954-03-24)
Age	70
Birthplace	Stanfield
Country	United States
Birth City	Arizona
Horoscope	Pisces

Ofelia Zepeda Biography

Ofelia Zepeda is one of the most popular and richest Linguist who was born on March 24, 1954 in Stanfield, Arizona, United States. Ofelia Zepeda (born in Stanfield, Arizona, 1952) is a Tohono O’odham poet and intellectual. She is the Regents Prof. in the field of Tohono O’odham language and linguistics and the Director of the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI) at The University of Arizona. Zepeda is the editor of Sun Tracks the Sun Tracks series of books that focus specifically on work by Native American artists and writers that are released by University of Arizona Press.

As of 1999, Zepeda won in 1999 a MacArthur Fellowship. She was on the literary advisory committee of Sun Tracks, a publishing program that showcases Native American works, and is the editor of the series. Her collection of poetry was deemed unsuitable by Tucson schools.

In 1995, she published the book, a collection of poems Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert with the introduction “Things That Help Me Begin to Remember”.

Ofelia Zepeda Net Worth

Ofelia Zepeda is one of the richest Linguist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ofelia Zepeda 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Zepeda has been working alongside her tribe members to improve literacy both in English as well as Tohono O’odham. Since 1983, Zepeda created A Papago Grammar from tapes of Native speakers since no textbook was available to teach the subjects she covered. Her involvement in conjunction with the reservation committee for Tohono O’odham language policy yielded an official policy which encourages the use of Native language in all grades.

Zepeda is an associate professor in Linguistics in the University of Arizona and is popular for her work to preserve and the advancement to literacy Tohono O’odham. She was the Director of the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Arizona from 1986 until 1991. Her role as a consultant and an advocate for a variety languages, including American native languages. She is the writer of A Papago Grammar and co-author of the article “Derived Words in Tohono O’odham” that was which was published within The International Journal of American Linguistics. She was one of the students of MIT the professor of linguistics Ken Hale.

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Facts & Trivia

Ofelia Ranked on the list of most popular Linguist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ofelia Zepeda celebrates birthday on March 24 of every year.