Michelle Kakegamic is from Muskrat Dam First Nation and is currently residing in Thunder Bay. Michelle works at the Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) Tribal Council as the Home and Community Care (HCC) Nurse Manager which provides services to 6 northern communities. She is a mother of toddler triplet girls and an 8 year old son. She has spent her entire professional nursing career serving the Indigenous population, starting as a RPN at Sioux Lookout Menoyawin Hospital. She then went on to receive her RN degree and spent many years at Weeneebayko General Hospital in Moose Factory. Michelle has a strong passion for the Indigenous population and would love to see her people stay in the communities as long as possible. This is why she decided to go into home and community care nursing.