Angel Stickman is Inupiaq and a member of the Native village of Shungnak in Northwest Alaska. She is a wife and mother of three and currently resides in Fairbanks. When she lived in Shungnak, she would go to summer camp for weeks, where she helped her grandma and grandpa fish and harvest berries. She remembers going rabbit hunting with her dad in freezing temperatures; her dad and grandpa came home with various animals, such as caribou, bears, lynx, beavers, wolves, and ducks throughout the year. How she grew up is why she is passionate about protecting her home.

Angel graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with an Associate in Human Services and a Bachelor’s in Social Work; she will graduate from the University of Oklahoma with her Master’s in Legal Studies/Indigenous People’s Law this month. Angel will soon begin studying grant writing at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She currently works at a shelter as an advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. In her free time, she advocates to protect her homelands from resource extraction and projects that would end the way of life for the Inupiaq people. She also likes hiking, fishing, hunting, and working out.