Dr. Ignace is an ecophysiologist and an enrolled member of the Coeur d’Alene tribe. She was an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and the Environmental Science & Policy Program at Smith College for several years and then became a Research Associate at Harvard Forest (Harvard University) and an Associate Editor for the journal, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. She recently accepted a new faculty position at the University of British Columbia to continue her research focusing on the impacts of global change on ecosystems in transition. Always seeking new ways to be an advocate for underrepresented groups in STEM, she joined the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the American Society of Plant Biology. Fostering distinctive collaborations with faculty and students to understand and communicate pressing global change problems is the hallmark of her research, teaching, YouTube channel, and ArtSci projects. As an Indigenous woman, Dr. Ignace is deeply committed to developing Indigenous curriculum and her unique perspective bridges Indigenous communities, people of color, and scientists.