Rachel Deschenes- Pegahmagabow

Rachel Deschenes- Pegahmagabow (she/her) is from Wasauksing First Nation. She is an avid reader and writer, having placed in the top ten of the Aboriginal Arts and Stories 2015 competition with her written piece “After Dark”. She performed a reading of “After Dark” at the 2017 Gchi Dewin Indigenous Storytellers Festival. Rachel is also a keen visual artist with a penchant for making acrylic paintings of sunsets and mountains. To view Rachel’s art and writing, visit her Instagram (@behindwords_art) or Facebook (facebook.com/BehindWords27)