Cass is Otipemisiwak and a Citizen of Métis Nation within Alberta and its Otipemisiwak Métis Government. Her kokum’s mosom signed scrip in Fort Vermillion is 1899. She has kinship ties across the Northern Prairies and Sub-Arctic of Turtle Island, including the Red River, and its Rebellion.

Cass’ Dad is an educator, her mom is a Matriarch. Her baby sister is an RN and her little brother is a Dad of 3 kids under 4 years old. She is MamaCass to 3 incredible humans, Sina, Elei and Tala. Cass’ partner is a Samoan Chief and Su’a.

All her medical training was in the unceded Coast Salish territories at the University of British Columbia. Cass’ clinical work in reproductive and sexual health with oppressed populations and genocide survivors hails out of the Indigenous Wellness Clinic in ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton).