Maraos

Maraos holds a Master's degree from the Graduate Institute of Social Enterprise and Cultural Creativity at Providence University. He has long been engaged in media and cultural policy, integrating Indigenous perspectives with social innovation to advance the development of Indigenous media systems and cultural governance practices. He currently serves as the Chairperson of the Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation (IPCF).
As the founding Director of Taiwan Indigenous Television (TITV), he laid the foundation for the development of Taiwan’s Indigenous public media. Since the establishment of TITV, he has led the channel to focus on Indigenous language broadcasting, pluralistic storytelling, and local perspectives, thereby creating a media platform and public discourse space rooted in Indigenous identity.
He also served as Executive Director of the Lan En Cultural and Educational Foundation, where he advanced community-based sustainable development by connecting tribal resources and social networks through education and cultural projects. In recent years, he has promoted the Lanyu–Batanes Centennial Voyage Project, reviving transoceanic cultural memory and historical ties, and has actively participated in Indigenous media exchange and collaboration across Northeast and Southeast Asia, expanding the regional and international cultural dialogue and action network for Indigenous peoples.
As Chairperson of IPCF, he has led the foundation in deepening its efforts in Indigenous cultural promotion, media development, and policy engagement. He promotes the practice of Indigenous cultural subjectivity from a systemic perspective and is charting a long-term vision for the foundation as a platform for Indigenous cultural mechanisms.
With a profound understanding of communications and a long-standing commitment to cultural publicness, his leadership style combines institutional management with value-driven advocacy, consistently advancing the visibility and agency of Indigenous cultures in contemporary society.