
The Institute For the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW)
Nominator Comments:
Chelsea Nergard is the Empower U/Financial Literacy Facilitator at the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women where she teaches financial training through ATB to women who want to change their lives. She leads the class through a cultural lens with Indigenous knowledge while understanding the challenges that Indigenous women face. She is passionate about fighting intergenerational trauma by empowering Indigenous women to take hold of their finances and pass financial literacy down to their children.