Nalikutaar, Jacqueline Cleveland (Yup’ik) is a subsistence hunter, fisherwoman, and gatherer from Quinhagak and a citizen of the Native Village of Kwinhagak Tribal Government. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Media and Theater Arts with a minor in Native American Studies from Montana State University, Bozeman.

Laureli is an Inupiaq/Yup’ik writer and James Beard Award-winning journalist who grew up in Unalakleet. She and her children are members of the Native Village of Unalakleet, the southern-most Inupiaq community in Alaska. She is passionate about sharing stories that show Alaska Native ways of life, Indigenous values, and relationship with the land and water.