Margaret Faliano (she/her) is a citizen of the Chippewa Cree Nation of Montana that grew up an urban Native in the Pacific Northwest. She graduated from the University of Oregon Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Business Administration, B.S. in International Studies, Certificate in Global Business, and minors in Spanish & Psychology. Margaret is currently the Director of Education & Development for Creator’s Favorite LLC, an Indigenous-led talent network elevating Native voices in fashion, media, & entertainment.

Margaret is the former Associate Director of Advocacy & Engagement of the sunsetted nonprofit, IllumiNative: a Native, women-led nonprofit that builds power for Indian Country by uplifting contemporary Native voices, stories, and movements on a national scale. Across her four years of tenure at this 501(c)3, Margaret led numerous narrative change, strategy trainings, and a quarter-million-dollar grant making program to advance the equity and self-determination of Native peoples and various BIPOC groups.