With great appreciation, Farrah Begay has been a Diabetes Health Coach at Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility for the past 8 years. Farrah Begay is from the Lukachukai, Arizona community, an hour’s drive from Chinle. She attended Dine College in Tsaile, AZ to obtain her Associates of Science degree and transferred to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ for her Bachelors’ of Health Sciences. She loves to work with patients who need the support in making healthy changes and to make her patients feel safe and heard. She has a passion for utilizing Motivational Interviewing and Brief Action Planning when working with her patients. She would love to teach others working in clinics in other locations on the Navajo Nation about health coaching. Farrah has also worked with COPE program to support Community Health Workers using Motivational Interviewing skills in Navajo. In her spare time, Farrah loves the outdoors and has an interest in running, cleaning, and being with her family and her beautiful three girls. With her passion of running and working with people, she had the opportunity to coach the Division III Men’s’ and Women’s’ Cross Country team for Dine College.