Indigenous Community Development Lead

Danella is the Indigenous Community Development Lead. Danella hails from a small community of Lax Kw’alaams, BC (a.k.a Port Simpson prior to legal name change in 1986), which is 45 km North of Prince Rupert, BC right beside the Alaska border. She is of the Ts’msyen Nation, and her Ts’msyen name is Sm git ‘tlgoosgm xsgyiik. She comes from the Gispaxlo’ots Eagle Tribe, and is also a mother of two.

Danella was most recently a Manager with the Aboriginal Mother Centre Society, overseeing the transformational housing program that houses 16 Mothers and their children who are at risk of being homeless, working towards being reunited with their children, or at risk of having their children apprehended.

Prior to her work at the AMCS, Danella worked with the Young Wolves Lodge (transition house) with Urban Native Youth Association-UNYA and as a Support Worker in UNYA’s YWL Recovery Program. While still up North, Danella had various roles with Macro Properties, overseeing housing for 300+ tenants. That work involved working with the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) and small claims court.

Danella also has work experience in retail, a dental clinic, and as a long-term tour guide helping to create interactive Feast and Storytelling tours with performances with the Museum of Northern BC, where she also studied her Nations Culture and Traditions.

“I am excited to be on this journey with PSS within our Indigenous communities in the Lower Mainland!”

You can reach Danella at 604-669-1616 or danella.angus@parentsupportbc.ca