Shaelene Grace Moler

Sustainable Southeast Partnership Communications Catalyst

Shaelene Grace Moler (she/her) grew up in Ḵéex̱’ Ḵwaan, the community of Kake. Her Tlingit name is Sgweín and she is of the Tsaagweidí, the split-finned killer whale clan, from the yak’s lits’eix̱i hít, the house that once anchored the village. She now lives in Sitka working for Spruce Root as the Sustainable Southeast Partnership Communications Catalyst. Shaelene graduated from the University of Alaska Southeast with dual bachelor of arts degrees in English and environmental studies emphasizing in creative writing. She grew up hunting, fishing, and harvesting on her ancestral lands and is a lifelong storyteller through her experiences in writing, editing and photography on various publications statewide. Prior to becoming the Communications Catalyst, she worked for Spruce Root as a community economic development fellow, a First Alaskans Magazine Writing Fellow, Sustainable Southeast Partnership storytelling and engagement intern, and as an editor on the regional literary and arts journal Tidal Echoes.

Favorite thing about Southeast Alaska: The strong sense of community in people and place. Everything in this region is so interconnected and it is magical to meet these connections wherever I go.