Sadie Lavoie is an Anishinaabe Two-Spirit from Sagkeeng First Nation located on Treaty 1 territory, and member of the Turtle Clan. A winner of the Dr. Tobasonakwut Kinew Leadership Award and the Next Generation Peacemaker Award from the Peace and Social Justice Studies Association of Canada, they have a Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Studies and Political Science from the University of Winnipeg. Sadie worked on numerous student-led initiatives including the Indigenous Course Requirement and the Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign, as well attended the UN COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco on behalf of the Canadian Climate Youth Coalition. In 2015, they co-founded Red Rising Magazine, an Indigenous-led uncensored magazine featuring Indigenous youth writers and artists.