Life-long resident of Briggs community near Tahlequah, Oklahoma and has been weaving since she was in her teens. Her award winning blankets are sought the world over. Fluent Cherokee speaker and master of many talents, she was a bus driver for Briggs school and although now retired, still loves to work with kids and helps to preserve our language by holding classes through the United Keetoowah Band and Cherokee Nation Language Programs. She teaches at the Cherokee Arts Center and is recognized as a Cherokee National Treasure in Loom Weaving.