Throughout her years, Shanley Spence has risen to become a prominent, well-known Indigenous community advocate. With roots of Nihithaw/Cree ancestry from her mother’s community of Pukatawagan and Saulteaux/Anishinaabe from her father’s community of Lake St. Martin First Nation. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Development from the University of Winnipeg. Shanley now helps bring healing, storytelling, and reclamation to people worldwide through her gifts of dance, content creation, writing, powwow fit, hoop dance, sharing her voice and speaking on important subjects and now branching out into a practicing Life and Empowerment Coach.