Living a wonderfully varied life as: a teacher (introduction to journalism studies, fundamentals of reporting, ethics, television news, current affairs and documentary, international affairs reporting); late-bloomer mama to a seven-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter; PhD candidate in human geography at Queen's University where I am studying the online social networks of Canadian military spouses. As an educator, I love to hack curriculum and find new ways to connect students to course content and to the world around them. My passion project for the past two years has been creating Stories North, an experiential eduction initiative for journalism students in Canada who want to learn about Indigenous culture, history, the legacies and residential schools and how individuals and communities are working to reclaim what was taken away and hold Canadians to account.