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ABOUT ME

Jess is a Haíɫzaqv parent, land-based educator, and award-winning poet living in their homelands in the community of Bella Bella, BC.

Jess serves their Haíɫzaqv community as the Executive Director of Qqs (Eyes) Projects Society, and serves the wider BC Central Coast region as the Lead at Coastal Foodways. They also work as a Co-Lead with the Right Relations Collaborative in support of just and equitable relationships between Indigenous changemakers and the philanthropic sector.

They are the author of Crushed Wild Mint, a debut poetry collection (Nightwood Editions, 2023).