Monica Young

Monica Zappia Young is an Arizona native, having received her B.A. in 1984 and her M.A. in Anthropology in 2010 at The University of Arizona. She works as Curatorial/Museum Specialist in the Office of Ethnohistorical Research and Research Specialist in the Archaeological Records Office at the Arizona State Museum, serves as Secretary/Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the nonprofit Southwestern Mission Research Center, and does administrative outreach for the nonprofit Friends of Tucson's Birthplace (Mission Garden). Monica received the 2022 Alexander J. Lindsay Jr. Unsung Hero Award from the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS). Her research interests include ethnohistory, historical archaeology, Spanish colonial borderlands, documentary editing, and genealogy. She has been President of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center since January 2014.

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