About Celeste Smith (Edit profile)

Celeste Smith is Ohnkweonwe, Oneida from Six Nations. She is the founder of two Indigenous startups, a food justice advocate, community activist, speaker, teacher, and social change maker. She recently graduated from the Fireweed Fellowship, the first Indigenous women's entrepreneurship accelerator in Canada, and is the winner of the 2020 Desjardins Cooperathon for Indigenous Social Change competition. Her mission is to help Indigenous women, gender diverse persons and youth reclaim their traditional agricultural heritage. Learn more at culturalseeds.com. She spends her days with her grandson Wyatt and her family on Mnidoo Mnis (Manitoulin Island).