Samantha Martin-Bird

Samantha Martin-Bird is a citizen of Peguis First nation currently living in a house she painted purple in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She works in philanthropy with the Mastercard Foundation to address inequities in education and employment for Indigenous young people. As a way to pass the time during the pandemic, Sam started writing poetry about places she has called home, Saskatchewan and northern Ontario. She tweets @SammBird and is on Instagram @samantha.martin.bird