October 2003

Mary Sando-Emhoolah (Warm Springs/Wasco/Aleut) has over 15 years' experience in public radio, most recently working as program manager at the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Radio Station, KWSO-FM. She has been honored by the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) and the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA). A current board member of NFCB, Mary served on the planning committee of UNITY '94, the joint conference of the Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American journalist organizations, and as the trainer for NFCB's Native radio student project. She has participated in national radio productions with the Smithsonian Institution. In 2001 Mary was a key planner for the Native Radio Summit, a gathering of all Native radio organizations in the U.S. She is a program reviewer, producer, and advisor to AIROS, American Indian Radio on Satellite. Currently, Mary works as an independent producer and makes her home at the Warm Springs Confederated Tribes reservation in Oregon.

Image credit: Mary Sando-Emhoolah at the 1st Intertribal Native Radio Summit - June, 2001 - Photograph by Elizabeth Weatherford, NMAI