Mariana Harvey (Yakama) is a trainer and curriculum developer with the Native Plants and Foods Institute. She has 10+ years experience organizing and teaching about native plants and foods in tribal communities and organizations, tribal schools, and public schools.

Mariana is an íła (mother) and an artist with a passion for protecting Native foods and medicines and sharing their gifts in community. She has 10+ years experience organizing and teaching internships and classes on the Tend, Gather and Grow curriculum and the Plant Teachings for Growing Social-Emotional Skills toolkit in collaboration with tribal communities and organizations, tribal schools, and public schools. Mariana is passionate about creating a future that children can fall in love with through connecting with the teachings of land.

Mariana holds a B.A. in American Indian Studies from Fort Lewis College. She is a 2021 NDN Collective ChangeMaker Fellow where she focused on expanding the Tend curriculum to Plateau Tribes. Mariana received the 2021 Potlatch Fund Spirit of Reciprocity Award and the 2018 Inspired Native Award from Eighth Generation. She serves as a board member at the Center for Indigenous Midwifery and advisory board member at the Evergreen State College House of Welcome s'gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ.