Shannon (she/her) is a third-generation immigrant with British, Norwegian and German Heritage. She is a mother of two tweens and a life partner of 20 years. She serves as a registered nurse and the spearheading founder of Roots to Thrive. She also serves as the Chair of Vancouver Island University's (VIUs) Psychedelic-assisted Therapy Graduate Certificate education program, and VIUs Naut sa Mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research. She is a published author with expertise in nursing practice, resilience development, and psychedelic-assisted therapy service delivery, research, and education. She holds a doctorate in education and a master's in public health. Her current work focuses on the development of research infrastructure that supports psychedelic service delivery and education with a specific interest in promoting knowledge sharing between Western and Indigenous ways of knowing for the healing benefit of all.