{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"036 Native American Women and STEM, with Sandra K. Begay","description":"Today\u2019s guest, Sandra K Begay, is the daughter of a Navajo tribal leader and a public health nurse. &amp;nbsp;Director Begay has had an extensive career as an engineer with several national research laboratories.&amp;nbsp; She has been awarded for her work on tribal energy projects, and has mentored dozens of Native American interns.&amp;nbsp; Her experience, commitment, and passion for renewable energy run deep, and are now being harnessed to proliferate sustainable energy solutions for the City of Albuquerque. &amp;nbsp; Show Notes Sandra K. Begay was born and raised in New Mexico, and is a member of the Navajo Nation. &amp;nbsp;Sandra received her Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of New Mexico and then earned her Masters of Science in Structural Engineering from Stanford University.&amp;nbsp; Sandra recently became the Director of Environmental Health for the City of Albuquerque after having served for a number of years as an engineer with Sandia National Laboratories.&amp;nbsp; STC.UNM Board Member - Sandra Begay (bio) Explora City of Albuquerque - Environmental Health Department Mary Ross  Henrietta Mann &amp;nbsp; Book Recommendations:  An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming, by Al Gore &amp;nbsp; Contact: sbegay@cabq.gov ","author_name":"STEM Southwest Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.STEMsw.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/11910230\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/11910230"}