Myra Masiel-Zamora

Myra Masiel-Zamora is serving in her first term on the board, joining in March 2023. Myra is a member of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians. She has worked for Pechanga Cultural Resource Center since 2005, where she works as a Curator and Archeologist. She currently sits on the NAGPRA Advisory Boards at both Cal Poly Pomona and the University of California, Riverside. Myra is a published author and teacher of Traditional Youth Knowledge at the Pechanga Indian Reservation.

In 2005 she received a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. In 2013 she received a Master of Arts in Anthropology from San Diego State University. In 2014, she was awarded Outstanding Achievement from the Pechanga Tribal Council.