Leader, advocate, nurse practitioner, researcher, trail blazer and educator committed to equity-oriented healthcare and education reform. A carefully curated path, moving between spaces of education, Elders Teachings, life, diverse clinical experiences, incremental mentored leadership opportunities combined with acts of clinical courage have resulted in both an accomplished professional network and a nuanced embodied relational acumen. Assistant Professor of nursing education determined to decolonize nursing and the academy. While Director of Patient Care at the Attawapiskat Hospital, demonstrated the ability to recruit, retain, inspire, and motivate interprofessional teams in complex and remote environments.This success was preceded by a demonstrated history of firsts:◊ Nurse Practitioner cohort of registrants in Canada, College of Nurses of Ontario,◊ Co-designed and implemented primary health care services integrated with Traditional Healing, Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn, ON,NP led clinic, Cobden, ON◊ Conceptualized, negotiated, and developed NP role, ER, Pembroke Regional Hospital◊ Partnered and implemented opening of Ontario’s first Family Health Team (Petawawa Centennial), as lead NP and leader of development team.