Carol Begay Green
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Notability
Carol Begay Green developed the Navajo Braille System in 2015.[1] Green was a semifinalist for the 2018 Holman Prize for Blind Ambition.[2] She developed Navajo braille with the help of a linguistics researcher from Rice University in 2015.[1] The Navajo Braille Code was approved in 2015 by the Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education.[1]
Career
Green joined the Farmington Municipal School District as a teacher for the visually impaired in 2010.[3] She taught at Red Mesa Elementary School and Nataani Nez Elementary School before 2010.[3] Green teaches the Navajo Braille Code and culture to people aged 3-21.[2]
Early Life
Green was born into the Tó’Aheedlí-Íníí clan.[3] Her grandmother taught her the Navajo language and culture.[2] Green lost sight in her left eye at age 13.[3] She had cataract surgery in her right eye which led to a further decrease in her vision in 2000.[3] Green graduated from Northern Arizona University in 1991.[3] She received a Master’s degree in Special Education from New Mexico State University.[1] Green found out from the Braille Authority of North America that there was no existing Navajo Braille Code in 2013.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Justin M. H. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB and Carol Begay Green, MA, CTVI, NCUEB (2019). "Braille Codes for Native American and First Nations Languages". JBIR | Journal of Blindness Innovation and Reaserch. Retrieved February 8 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Smith, Noel Lyn. "Teacher for Farmington district named semifinalist for $25,000 prize". Daily Times. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Smith, Noel Lyn. "Local teacher develops Navajo braille code". Daily Times. Retrieved 2024-02-08.