Amy Stretten is a bilingual (Spanish/English) journalist, cultural storyteller, size-inclusive fashion stylist, and strategic communications leader based in Los Angeles. She is a citizen of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Virginia and a mixed-race, queer Femme whose work bridges mainstream media, fashion, and culturally centered storytelling.
Through The Chief of Style, Amy explores fashion, identity, self-worth, and power using style, media, and storytelling as tools for visibility, healing, and collective liberation. Her work blends journalism, creative direction, and community-centered programming, informed by years of experience in national reporting, on-camera hosting, and cultural strategy.
Amy is a size-inclusive fashion stylist and fashion brand consultant, specializing in fit, representation, and narrative development. She works with brands, talent, and creatives to expand how bodies, especially those historically excluded, are styled, represented, and marketed. Her approach treats fit as both a technical discipline and a cultural responsibility.
In addition to her work in fashion, Amy is an experienced model, actress, and host. She brings media training, editorial intelligence, and on-camera fluency to projects across fashion, culture, and social impact.
Her journalism career spans major national and international platforms. Amy previously served as National Affairs Correspondent for Fusion Network, a joint venture between ABC News and Univision. There, she wrote, produced, and presented on-air stories examining race, gender, class, sexuality, and politics for a millennial audience. She later became a columnist for Reckon News, continuing her focus on culture, power, and accountability in public life.
Amy’s earlier work includes serving as an on-air co-host and multimedia journalist for the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s news magazine program, The Seminole Channel. She was also a field reporter for Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, a reporter for the New York Post, a repeat guest on HuffPost Live, and the host and moderator of an Indigenous media panel at the United Nations.
In 2023, Amy was selected as one of five California recipients of The Center for Cultural Power’s inaugural Constellations Artist Disruptor Fellowship. She received a $50,000 grant to support culturally grounded community work. Through this fellowship, she conceived and hosted a free Native American women’s health and wellness retreat in Big Bear, California, serving 40 women ages 18 to 82. The retreat centered Indigenous approaches to healing, including movement, meditation, self-care, and self-love as collective practice. Amy also led a self-love workshop for The Center for Cultural Power’s broader audience, framing self-love/-care as a foundation for collective liberation.
Alongside her creative and media work, Amy is a strategic marketing and communications leader in the Native American community, supporting organizations and initiatives focused on visibility, community engagement, and long-term sustainability.
Across fashion, media, and community work, Amy’s practice centers representation, healing, and storytelling as core to cultural change.
