Anne Tenning is a member of the Stz’uminus First Nation on Vancouver Island and is of Coast Salish, European and Japanese ancestry. Anne worked as an educator for over twenty years and is currently the director of Indigenous Education in SD72 Campbell River. In 2008, Anne received the Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2015, she was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award for the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. Anne is currently a PhD student at UBC Okanagan. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and their two cats.