Aganaq is a mixed Indigenous artist, craftsperson, teacher and student of many mediums including basketry, hide tanning, sewing, natural dyes, drawing, and more.
Her willow basketry practice began the summer of 2012 when she met her teacher Margaret Mathewson and learned to weave her first willow basket.
Born and raised in Bristol Bay Alaska, and belonging to the lands of the Alutiiq and Yupik peoples, salmon, bears, mosquitos, and the Curyung tribe she now lives on Chinook lands in western Oregon.