I was born in Churchill, Manitoba, though I spent my formative years in Arviat, Nunavut, where I attended school. I am the youngest biological child in my family and the first of my six siblings to graduate high school. It wasn’t until I began studying teaching in Iqaluit that I knew I had found what I was meant to do. Initially I left after three years with my certificate so that I could return home to help support my parents. I taught for five years before returning to finish my degree.  Arviat has the fastest growing population in Nunavut and I have proudly added to that number by adopting a child from Pond Inlet. He is a wonderful boy of nine years old and I love him dearly.