Biography
Hedda Sharapan is a child development consultant and television producer who has worked in children's programming for over fifty years. She began her association with Fred Rogers in October 1966, assisting on the first taping of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. She later served as assistant director, assistant producer and associate producer on the series, and held the role of director of early childhood initiatives for Fred Rogers Productions.
Sharapan holds a master's degree in child development from the University of Pittsburgh. She has acted as a script and curriculum consultant on Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood since before its 2012 premiere. In 2018 she appeared as Self - Child Development Advisor in the documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?. She is a senior fellow at the Fred Rogers Institute and was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Gold Circle in 2025.
