Currently residing in Inuvik within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Franchesca Hebert-Spence is Anishinaabe from Winnipeg, Manitoba, her grandmother Marion Ida Spence was from Sagkeeng First Nation, on Lake Winnipeg. Hebert-Spence has worked as cultural producer with a background in making, curating, research and administration. The foundation of her creative practice stems from Ishkabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg, Brandon University Visual and Aboriginal Arts program. She is an Independent curator and previously served as Adjunct Curator, Indigenous art at the Art Gallery of Alberta, as well as a Curatorial Assistant within the Indigenous Art Department at the National Gallery of Canada. She is currently a PhD student supervised by Dr. Carmen Robertson and the recipient of the 2023 Joan Lowndes Prize.