June 23, 2009 - Jocelyn

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to my summer blog! Thanks to our partners at Seven Youth Media Network for all their hard work. I’m Jocelyn Formsma. 26 years old from NAN. I grew up in Chapleau, but my family is from Moose Factory and I lived in Timmins for a number of years while in high school. I am now living in Ottawa, going into school at the University of Ottawa.

I took the summer off this year, which was a really hard decision. I had a great job working with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (www.fncfcs.com), which is a wonderful organization that works hard for the rights of First Nations children. However, I listened to my elders, my mentors and my heart when they said that you always need to make sure that you take time for yourself. So I did. It worked out that I could afford to cover my expenses such as rent, car payments/insurance, cell phone and internet and the rest of the time is mine.

I look forward to this summer. A lot of high expectations. It’ll be interesting to see what actually happens.