Marni Hope is a Blackfoot woman from Kainai, a mother, and an education leader whose work supports Indigenous education, research, and reconciliation. She holds a Master’s degree in Education with a focus on land-based learning and partners with Indigenous communities, organizations, and post-secondary institutions to design initiatives grounded in relationship and community priorities.

Her work spans Indigenous research, program design, and relationship-building, with a focus on bridging Indigenous and non-Indigenous spaces. She supports pathways that connect learning to real-world opportunity, including entrepreneurship, mentorship, internships, and community leadership, while encouraging institutional approaches that are responsive, practical, and sustainable.

As a Sixties Scoop survivor, Marni brings lived knowledge to her work, engaging storytelling as a pedagogical and relational practice. Through this lens, she supports deeper understandings of identity, belonging, and intergenerational healing within educational and community systems.