NATALIE LAURIN is a Métis and white settler illustrator and designer. Natalie holds a Bachelor of Design from NSCAD University, where she majored in Interdisciplinary Design and minored in Illustration. Her Métis family roots (the Dusome-Clermont and Labatte family lines) belong to the Georgian Bay Métis community centred at Penetanguishene. In her spare time, she enjoys learning French-Michif—a language her pépère speaks—and walking her dog in the woods.