Volunteer Spotlight

Meet Tammy Weebothee

Dancing to the Beat

Tammy Weebothee, is our dedicated Friendship Volunteer from Zuni Pueblo. Tammy has worked at Zuni High School for many years as an Educational Assistant and Bilingual Assistant. She is also a dance instructor for the Zuni Public School District Dance Group. Tammy joined the Futures for Children corps of volunteers in September 2004, but her service to Futures started many years earlier. When Futures moved to its current facilities, Tammy performed with Mu:Shiwi Dance Group at the grand opening. She recalls receiving a gift of flowers and ladies moccasins from a little Hopi girl. Tammy also performed for a Futures for Children event in Santa Monica, California, at the home of actor Ted Danson. “Performing for movie stars and others was an experience I will never forget.”

As a Friendship Volunteer in her community, Tammy is responsible for monitoring her list of students and their responsibilities to the program. She also recruits new students and is a local ambassador for the organization.

Her future plans include attending the University of New Mexico to obtain a degree in Bilingual Education and Early Childhood Multi-Cultural Education.