Frankie Orona

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Frankie Orona

(he/him)

Grassroots Representative

Society of Native Nations - Tongva, Chamash & Borrado

Frankie is a Husband of 22 years, a Father, an Entrepreneur, and an Activist. He is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Society of Native Nations, "an Intertribal Native American Nonprofit" based in Texas and California.

Frankie is also a member of the American Indian Movement and the Environmental Liaison for his Tribal Chief, Anthony Morales, of the Gabrieleno Tongva Tribe of the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians.

Entrepreneurship has allowed him to turn his lifelong passion for serving indigenous communities of North and South America into the Society of Native Nations, addressing issues domestically, nationally, and globally focusing on Native American rights, social justice, and environmental justice issues. He sits on many coalition steering committees, nonprofit environmental organizational boards and is part of the UN INC EJ Plastics Treaty Delegation. Frankie lives with his wife and their children in San Antonio, Texas.