Welcome to my Blog! Let's start from the beginning...

Hello.  Welcome to my blog!  A place for you to get to know me more.  I intend to post here once a week, possibly more about my life, my artistic practice, and about where I am and what I am working on.

Thanks for finding me on the internet!  The above photo is of me, as a baby.  

It might sound crazy, but I remember being a baby, and more specifically, I remember smiling for this photograph.  I remember thinking,  "I made it!"  I made it to another lifetime.  And here I am.

​I am Iñupiaq.  I was raised to be Iñupiaq.  My Mom is full Iñupiaq, and my Dad is a redheaded man from Missouri.  I attended my grandmothers funeral in Missouri a couple of years ago (my Dad's Mom), and I was surprised to find out that she was part Indigenous, from a tribe in North America.  I am not sure which tribe, it is something that I need to do research on.  I'm not sure if my family knows.  I talked to some of my cousins about it and asked about the tribes that were from that area.  I need to travel there, talk to my older relatives that are there and hopefully see if there are photos.  I think from the photos I will be able to contact the different Nations directly and hopefully get help solving the mystery.

My Dad divorced my Mom when I was two, so I was raised fully as an Iñupiaq, as my Mom likes to say.   I grew up around Elders.  I was given Iñupiaq names as a baby, which is part of our traditions.  I grew up in a small city, yet travelled to Kaktovik, where my Mom is from and where I am a tribally enrolled member of the Native Village of Kaktovik.

There are so many stories to tell.  I am in a really exciting moment in my career as an artist.  I am like a bird, just catching the wind, seeing where I can go, how I can get there.  I see my blog as a way to give you more insight into how I became the person I am today.  A way to take you along on my journey with me.  I'm very excited to share with you.  Thank you for being here.  If you want, check out my Patreon page where I list out goals for each month and report back to subscribers on my progress.  It is another way to have deeper access to my process, my goals and intentions.

I look forward to sharing more.  Quyanaqpak (thank you very much)!