Melissa Meyer is matrilineally Eagle clan from the Gis’paxloats tribe of the Tsimshian Nation in northern British Columbia. She is Scandinavian & German by her father. She is married into the Nuxalk Nation by her partner, Mike for 25 years and they share two children. She is a community trained herbalist with a love to share wild and cultivated herbal supports. She served as a Traditional Plant Medicine Practitioner at Seattle Indian Health Board for 3 years. Now she collaborates with the Canoe Journey Herbalists and the Tahoma Indian Center to provide community herbal care. She is currently the Traditional Medicine Practitioner serving the Nisqually tribe.