Welcome to the Pitzer pipeline participants of 2013. I believe that for most of you this is your first time attending college and mostly your first time a way from your community and all your supports. So I welcome you with all my heart and wisdom as I was also on a similar journey as you are because I started my own journey of a strong desire for a a better education in hopes of creating a better future for my little family.
I am from the Sliammon Nation which is where my mother is from. My father is from AlertBay / Squirrel cove area. We follow the matriarch role so I am a apart of the killer whale clan. My father is a part of the mountain goat. Both of these nations are a small part of the Salish Nation. I have reside in Mutula for the past 29 years. Mutula is what is currently known as Victoria BC., Canada. I moved to Victoria in 1983 as a mature single parent from my hometown to attended college.
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