Staff: Center for Native American and Indigenous Research

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Michaela Marchi

Program Assistant 4

Phone number: 847-491-4133
Office location: 515 Clark
E-mail: michaela.marchi@northwestern.edu

Michaela (Isleta Pueblo/Filipina/Italian) is a graduate of DePaul University with a Master's in Education with Bilingual/Bicultural focus and ESL certification. She is a resident of Evanston and has two children, Diego and Lucia, three cats and a dog.

Michaela is also an accomplished artist and musician (singer/songwriter), with a focus on mindfulness and survivorship. She has worked at The Field Museum in the Center for Cultural Understanding and Change, directed her own Music Together Center in Evanston, and curated an exhibition of the artwork and poetry of her late mother, exploring the connections between ethnic identity, artistic expression and survivorship. She is also a stage IV colon cancer survivor dedicated to supporting patient self-advocacy efforts, especially in Native American and Indigenous communities. You can learn more about this work and her experience HERE. She loves to cook, play mahjong and spend long days on the beach or in the woods.

Chloe Mattingly

Program Assistant 3
School of Education and Social Policy

E-mail: chloe.mattingly@northwestern.edu

Chloe is a Program Assistant 3 and she supports Indigenous research efforts across campus. She supports the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (PI: Dr. Stephanie Fryberg), Gikenden Lab (PI: Dr. Megan Bang), and Research for Indigenous Social Equity Center (RISE, PI: Dr. Stephanie Fryberg). Her primarily position is in SESP under Dr. Megan Bang.

Katherine Castillo Valentin

Associate Research Administrator

Phone number: 847-467-3183
Office location: 515 Clark
E-mail: katherinecastillo@northwestern.edu

Katherine has a B.S. in Human Communication Sciences from Northwestern (’17) and M.S. in Higher Education Administration and Policy (’22) in Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy. She has 5+ years of research experience, managing research projects for Northwestern faculty in Weinberg and SESP. She is very excited to support the CNAIR team in a research capacity and serve as a resource for faculty and students!