I am an aspiring model. I’m 25 years old and I love to exercise, go on walks, I’m athletic, funny, caring and kind. I enjoy family time, baking, music, travel, and soon I’ll be in school upgrading then applying for nursing. I’m an indigenous native from a small reservation in Northern Alberta. I believe that I have overcame so many obstacles throughout my life, and that I have a great destiny ahead. I’ve experienced poverty, food scarcity, no access to clean drinking water, foster homes, violence, parents with alcoholism, divorced parents, my older brother is in prison for life for murder, my mother is schizophrenic from excessive drug use, my father is handicap from a workplace brain injury, and I am on my own, and throughout all of it I have persevered with resilience. I moved away from my home reservation on my own, and graduated high school. I’ve been working as well. In the end, I plan to become a nurse. I’ve always been told I should model. I’m also a very talented singer, and plan on making my way into the music industry, once I can get into the studio. Life can be anything that you let it be. I believe that there is such a lack of indigenous representation in the modelling industry. There are so many brands who would flourish in popularity just by having an indigenous ambassador on the face of their brand. This could be huge, with a large portion of Canadians being indigenous, as well as inspiring for many of the indigenous youth in the small communities who are not exposed to a variety of limitless possibilities. I believe in following your dreams, and not letting anything stop you, and so should everyone else. Give this indigenous person an opportunity to pave the way for others. Let my story be told.