Julie Pellissier-Lush is a Mi’kmaq storyteller, photographer, actor, drummer, author, and the first Indigenous Poet Laureate for Prince Edward Island. Through her books, songs, poetry, and other creative pursuits, Pellissier-Lush celebrates and shares the powerful stories of the Mi’kmaq on Prince Edward Island. She is the author of My Mi’kmaq Mother, Epetkwitk, and La petite robe rouge. Pellisser-Lush also wrote poems for the play Mi’kmaq Legends. She is the recipient of the Queen’s Diamond and Platinum Jubilee Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Senators 150 Medal. She lives in Charlottetown.