Miranda Williams is originally from the cool waters of the Oregon coast and is an enrolled member of the Siletz Tribe. She has three sons, Sequoyah, Denali and Nakoa and two daughters, Priah and Yanabaa that lived and attended school in the Navajo community. Miranda worked in the Chinle Service Unit, Navajo Area Indian Health Service as a Supervisory Public Health Advisor from 2011 to 2022. She advocated on a local and national level for culturally-tailored diabetes services for the people of Navajo and worked on efforts to transform the care of diabetes.

 Over the past year, Miranda returned to Oregon to work for her tribe as the new Executive Health Director at the Siletz Community Health Clinic. She is excited to be home building on existing projects and services to elevate the health and wellness of her tribal community.

Miranda received a Bachelors of Science in Nutrition (focus: Dietetics) from Arizona State University and obtained a Master of Public Health (focus: Management of Health Systems) from the University of Liverpool. Miranda has 19 years of combined experience in public health and clinical care systems, program development, implementation and evaluation to enhance and progress Indian healthcare and services. As a reflection of her systematic program successes, the improvements have blended public health and clinical medicine to effectively meet the needs of American Indian populations.

 Miranda’s interests include hiking, camping and spending time with her family and children. Miranda was a 2016-2018 site fellow at Chinle Comprehensive Healthcare Facility in Chinle, Arizona