Shawna Marie is a Métis writer with roots among the Dene Tha', Dane-zaa and Woodland Cree Peoples of Treaty 8 Territory, and a deep, spiritual connection to nature. She is a bilingual, autistic, and queer artist with a degree in Cultural Studies, who has explored over fifteen countries (and worked in three). Shawna applies an empathetic and humanistic approach to everything she creates by drawing both from her travels and her lifetime’s experience with children—as a babysitter, a live-in nanny, a tutor, an English teacher, and a professional face painter. Above all else, she is a proud Auntie to some of the world’s most unique and lovable humans: the children of her sister and her chosen sisters alike. She currently lives in Calgary with her cats.