Jill Featherstone is an Indigenous author, blogger, university professor, motivational speaker, and proud wife, mother & grandmother. She is a member of the Misipawistik Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba, Canada, and holds a Bachelor of Education degree and a Master of Education degree in Guidance and Counselling. In 2013 she founded Featherstone Support Services, a business dedicated to providing motivational workshops for Indigenous youth and young adults. "Empowering our Indigenous young people is always on the forefront of whatever I am doing, and whether it is through writing, speaking at events, workshops or blogging, I am always in search of ways to reach people on a larger scale."