Long-time radio journalist/producer Sararesa Begay is the new project coordinator at the Native American Public Telecommunications for Native Radio Theatre.
Begay (Navajo) will develop radio theatre productions with NAPT partner Native Voices at the Autry National Center. She works with her counterpart at Native Voices, Princess Lucaj, (Gwit’chin Athabascan) who coordinates their participation in national distribution on the AIROS Native Radio Network.
Before joining the NAPT organization, Begay worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Begay whose clans are the Near-the-Water and Tobacco People of the Red-Running-into-the-Water is a member of the Navajo Nation. Her maternal grandfather clan is Bitter Water and her paternal grandfather clan is Jémez Pueblo clan. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in public relations from Northern Arizona University.