SHONRI BEGAY

Atsillahdééh Bikédóó Dahsidáhígíí (Board of Directors, Vice-President)

Yá’át’ééh shik’éí dóó shidine’é! Shí éí Shonri Begay yinishyé. Táchii’nii (Nát’oh Dine’é) nishłį́. Ákót’éego diné asdzáán nishłį́. Flagstaff kééhasht’į́, ndi Shonto déé’ naashá. 

I currently work as a farmer, garden educator for Native high school students, and youth river guide. I have a strong background in community and youth engagement, particularly in STEM fields, as well as public outreach on climate change and environmental justice issues impacting Indigenous Peoples. My expertise also includes chronic disease prevention through cultural strengths, promoting physical fitness, mental health, and suicide prevention, along with fostering community gardening initiatives.

I love exploring the outdoors, working on my farm, cooking, learning how to use plants and going to the movies.

I am presently studying Diné and Tohono O’odham languages,  filmmaking, and small business skills.  

If I could choose to be something different than human for one day, I’d be a mountain.

If I could have dinner with any two people, it’d be shimásání and shinálí ‘asdzáníígíí when they were younger. 

Zodiac: Capricorn – sun; Leo - rising; Capricorn – moon