Maggie Marystone

Background

About Maggie Marystone

Margaret “Maggie” Marystone is a writer, technology enthusiast, human rights worker, politico, and cannabis consultant. She currently holds roles at WorkMoney, a national policy, advocacy, and social welfare organization, and at Ninja Mojo, a consulting group in the software and cannabis industries. Maggie previously spent eight years at the global human rights organization, Heartland Alliance, and a decade at the City of Chicago as adviser to one of the longest-serving members of the Chicago City Council and as director of the Council’s Committee on Human Relations. After stints at law firms and quasi-government agencies, Maggie went freelance, providing design services to candidates for public office, nonprofit organizations, and entertainment acts like Mumford and Sons and Zac Brown Band. She also mentored participants in the AmeriCorps program Public Allies. Maggie’s professional writing experience includes tech guides and articles for several technology websites, blogging about the renovation of her abandoned house, and dozens of license applications for medical and recreational cannabis dispensaries, infusers, and cultivation centers for clients throughout the country. She was featured in Studs Terkel’s book, Hope Dies Last, and Helen Shiller's memoir, Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win: Five Decades of Resistance in Chicago’s Uptown Community.