Breaking The Cycles

Cree/Metis Mother, and grandmother who grew up in Nanaimo , originally from Edmonton.

She is currently the Indigenous literacy coordinator for Literacy central Vancouver Island and does outreach for the 710 club society. 

She is a survivor of foster care, was a sexually exploited youth and is an MMIWG2S mother.

She shares her stories to help raise awareness and protection for the exploited and marginalized community members. 

She believes that harm reduction is what will help the opiod crisis and is mother to a son who experienced active opiate addiction for over 10 years until he recovered from a near death experience.  He now helps her raise awareness with the help of First Nation Health Authority and the British Columbia Center on Substance Use.

She recently won the British Columbia Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Award in the Breaking Barriers category for her work in tackling systemic or institutional racism and reducing barriers for marginalized communities.

She shares her stories to help raise awareness and protection for the exploited and marginalized community members. 

She believes that harm reduction is what will help the opiod crisis and is Mother to a son who experienced active opiate addiction for over 10 years until he recovered from a near death experience.  He now helps her raise awareness with the help of First Nation Health Authority and the British Columbia Center on Substance Use.

She recently won the British Columbia Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Award in the Breaking Barriers category for her work in tackling systemic or institutional racism and reducing barriers for marginalized communities.