Sara Moncada (Yaqui), M.A., is Director of Native Ecology with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone, is professor of Native American Studies at City College San Francisco, and Director of Sewam American Indian Arts. She is co-founder of Wise Women Circles, a women-owned media group and was previously CEO of The Cultural Conservancy, a Native-led non-profit based in San Francisco. Sara serves on an Advisory Council for California Arts Council and has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts in 2021, as well as for San Francisco Arts Commission in 2024 and 2025. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Marin Museum of the American Indian and for The Video Project working in educational media. Sara is adjunct professor at City College San Francisco, California College of the Arts, and San Francisco State University and presents internationally on cultural arts, traditional ecology, and intersections in Native arts, religion, ecology, and policy. Sara is co-author of the book The Dance of Caring, a book exploring Native American Hoop Dance as a model for wellness, is the producer of the internationally successful documentary film NURSES If Florence Could See Us Now and produced the first four seasons of The Native Seed Pod podcast series.