About Cathy
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Cathy Tagnak Rexford is a writer, Emmy nominated producer, and advocate for the narrative sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples. She was born in Anchorage, AK and is Iñupiaq, French, German, and English with family ties to Kaktovik, AK and Dallas, TX. She holds a B.A. from The Everegreen State College in Native American Studies; a B.F.A. with Honors from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Creative Writing; and an M.F.A. from The University of British Columbia in Creative Writing and Theatre, where she was a Full Circle Aboriginal Ensemble Member and an Aboriginal Graduate Fellow. In addition to writing, Rexford has worked extensively in Native Education and Language efforts across Alaska and the Lower 48.