Ronalda Cadiente Brown, M.A.

Ronalda Cadiente Brown is of Tlingit/Filipino heritage and was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska. A life-long educator, Ronalda retired from the Juneau School District after 28 years as an administrator and 32 years in k-12 education. Positions included Indian Studies Program Director, Assistant Middle School Assistant Principal, Alternative High School Principal, and central office program coordinator of federal grants and K-12 projects.

Currently, Ronalda is an Associate Vice Chancellor of Native Programs and PITAAS Program Director with the University of Alaska Southeast. The Preparing Indigenous Teachers and Administrators for Alaska Schools Program has been a part of UAS since 2000. The PITAAS program provides scholarships for Indigenous Alaska Native students pursuing initial or advanced certificates, endorsements, or degrees in education.

Ronalda, Teikweidí (Brown Bear Clan), is the daughter of Irene Hunter Cadiente (Jigeitlaa ka Junaxtláa) of Killisnoo & Angoon and father Andres Aquino Cadiente, Ilocano (Taaká, adopted by the L’eeneidi clan leader, esteemed Dr. Walter Soboleff) from Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Ronalda’s Tlingit names are Aantukoo.aat, received at birth, and Kunax, received at a Koo.eex in Angoon.

Ronalda has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Teacher Education from Stanford University. Ronalda enjoys art in all forms, cooking traditional family recipes for sharing, regalia beading and sewing, and spoiling nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews, and her status as favorite auntie.