Courtney Strutt is a settler woman of English, Irish, and Portuguese heritage born and raised on Algonquin territory. She has been living, working, and connecting on Anishinaabe land since 2009, and now calls Thunder Bay home. She began her education career in Eabametoong First Nation as a teacher in 2011 and has since developed her professional background in education, youth work, and community development and facilitation across Northern Ontario through a variety of organizations. She now works as the post-secondary transition coach at Matawa Education putting to use her personal experiences with post-secondary education – from her Bachelor of Arts in International Development and Bachelor of Education to her Masters of Education for Change – in supporting Matawa students as they make their own transitions in lifelong learning.