Kerry Spence is an Ojibway-Métis woman from Eddystone, Manitoba. She is a member of Lake Manitoba First Nation and is currently living and working in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her two children. She studied Human Nutritional Sciences and Native Studies at the University of Manitoba and has a special interest in food sovereignty and reclaiming her Indigenous culture. She brings experience working in a charitable organization, in which she supported community-led projects looking to either create, strengthen or expand local food systems. She is excited to apply what she has learned in the philanthropic and food sovereignty sectors and to continue to work with communities in a good way.