Sara Moncada, M.A.,  is a dancer, educator, filmmaker, author, and cultural arts advocate. She is Director Native Ecology with Association of Ramaytush Ohlone, adjunct professor at San Francisco State University, and co-director of Sewam Dance. She is co-founder of Wise Women Circles, a women-owned media group and was previously CEO of The Cultural Conservancy, a native-led non-profit organization working in Indigenous rights and revitalization. Her work centers Indigenous knowledge systems, cultural arts, and the intersections of religion and ecology.

Sara began her studies in dance and theatrical performance at four including classical ballet and modern dance. In 2001, she began her study of Flamenco, traveling to Spain to study with such artists as Farruquito, La Farruca, Pastora Galvan, Andres Marin and Rafaela Carrasco. In 2003, she performed as a company member and soloist with La Monica and Pasion Flamenca and has since had the opportunity to present with San Francisco’s Theater Flamenco and Caminos Flamencos. In 2006, she joined La Tania Baile Flamenco and has worked as a company member and soloist since, including for La Tania’s 2012 Despretar is Un Color which was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for outstanding achievement in performance as an ensemble. She began presenting Native American culture, arts, and dance with Eddie Madril in 2008 and formally joined Sewam American Indian Dance in 2012 and co-directed Origins in 2014 which was nominated for an Isadora Duncan Dance Award in Outstanding Achievement in visual design.

Sara presents across the country and internationally in cultural arts, traditional knowledge systems, Native Foodways and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). She has been honored to serve as a panelist for Dance/Arts for San Francisco Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts. in She is co-author of the book The Dance of Caring, a book exploring Native American Hoop Dance as a model for wellness, producer of the internationally successful documentary film NURSES If Florence Could See Us Now, and executive producer of The Cultural Conservancy’s new podcast series The Native Seed Pod, a new series that explores and celebrates traditional seeds, Native Foodways and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

In 2021, she was honored to serve as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and in 2024 served as a panelist for the San Francisco Arts Commission. She currently serves on the Advisory Council for the American Indian Cultural District San Francisco. Sara received her Master Arts Humanities from Dominican University of California summa cum laude, with an emphasis in religion, ecology, and traditional arts.