- Involvement with the Port Edward Church of Christ The King during the 60s and 70s
- Graduated from Prince Rupert Senior Secondary in 1969
- Commercial Fisher for sixteen years
- Owned and operated a Chartering and Water Taxi Business
- Family owned business in the community of Kitkatla for the past 25 years
- Aboriginal Leadership and Management Certificate, Banff Centre for Advanced Management, 1999
- Certified Venture Advisor, Royal Roads University, 2006
- Financial Analysis, Royal Roads University, 2006.
