Community Education and Advocacy Manager
Liz Falstreau
“I enjoy working at Rainbows because I have seen first hand what these programs do to improve the lives of children, and to work on a dynamic team of caring and passionate individuals gives each day a deeper meaning. We are actively working to make the world a better place for future generations, and that feels amazing.”
Liz Falstreau serves as Rainbows’ Community Education and Advocacy Manager. Working under the Executive Director, her responsibilities include marketing, PR, communications, social media management, recruitment, internship management, content creation, program presentation, SEO, website management and development, project management and strategic planning, as well as serving as the point of contact for community program partners. Her background includes 8 years of office administration work in both corporate and nonprofit settings, 4 years of office coordination, onboarding restaurants, and marketing consulting at Grub Hub Corporate. She holds a Masters Degree in Nonprofit Administration from Roosevelt University, with a focus in Performing Arts.
Liz brings bubbly, passionate, and problem-solving energy to the staff, and relates deeply to the Rainbows mission because she grew up in a blended family, and when Liz was 14 her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer which she continues to battle today. She wishes Rainbows had been in her community to process the uncertainty of that time and better communicate with her family about how she was feeling.
When Liz is not working, you can find her singing, acting, writing, and producing new musicals and plays across Chicagoland, playing Mario Odyssey with her fiancé, or hanging out with her big goofy black cat, Lazlo.
One fun fact about Liz: At age 19, she was awarded, Most Artistic Performance, at the Orfeo Music Festival in Vipiteno, Italy for her rendition of, Les Filles de Cadix, by Léo Delibes.
