Louise Crane is a Metis of Cree heritage who has worked in community development and facilitating for the past 30 years. Her partnerships and programs have spanned the world in their breadth and scope. They have included coordinating the Calgary Network on Prostitution, teaching at Bow Valley College, and developing home based businesses with the Women on a Shoestring to promoting programs to prevent domestic violence and bullying through the North of McKnight Community Resource Centre. Louise is currently continuing her education at Johns Hopkins Native American Institute of Health in research and epidemiology. She volunteers with the Canadian Arthritis Research network as an Aboriginal consumer representative.