At two weeks old, Jessica Outram visited family on Georgian Bay and she has spent as much time there as possible ever since. Jessica is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario. Her mother is a Lamondin, with roots in the Georgian Bay Métis Community from the verified Métis family lines of Solomon and Berger/Beaudoin. Her father’s family were settlers to the Britt area in the early 1900s. An educator for 25 years, Jessica specializes in Indigenous Education. She is the author of the poetry collection The Thing with Feathers and the middle grade novel Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold. Jessica lives in Cobourg, Ontario, where she is their 4th Poet Laureate.