Margaret Faliano (she/her), a citizen of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, is a narrative change strategist and Native nonprofit communications leader whose work focuses on advancing Native visibility, sovereignty, and community power through storytelling, advocacy, and strategic communications. As Communications Director at Chief Seattle Club, a Native-led housing and human services agency serving urban Native people experiencing homelessness, she oversees strategic communications, media relations, storytelling, and public engagement efforts that advance Native-led solutions and leadership in solving chronic homelessness.

With more than eight years of experience spanning communications, advocacy, movement building, and nonprofit leadership, Margaret has led national and local campaigns that shape public narratives, elevate Indigenous voices, and strengthen support for Native communities. Her work focuses on leveraging storytelling and strategic communications as tools for systems change, civic engagement, and Native sovereignty.

Prior to joining Chief Seattle Club, Margaret served as Director of Narrative Strategy & Development at Creator’s Favorite LLC, a Native-led creative marketing agency dedicated to authentic Indigenous representation in media and industry partnerships.

Margaret is also 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 tenure, Margaret led national advocacy, strategy training, narrative change, public education, project-based grantee programs, and voter engagement initiatives designed to advance the equity and self-determination of Native peoples and various BIPOC groups.

Margaret earned a B.A. in Business Administration from the Lundquist College of Business and a B.S. in International Studies from the College of Arts & Sciences with a Certificate in International Business and minors in Spanish and Psychology from the University of Oregon, graduating Magna Cum Laude.