A member of the Kahnawake Mohawk community who grew up between Ottawa and the reserve, she pursued theatre arts at Dawson College after early exposure to the 1990 Oka Crisis, an experience that shaped her commitment to acting. Her screen debut arrived in a CBC mini-series about that very conflict, followed by roles in Jeff Barnaby’s The Colony, the TV film Moccasin Flats: Redemption (which earned…