Anna Maskerine is the Executive Director of a multi-service non-profit Society in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. As a survivor of high-risk violence, she has committed her life’s work to supporting other women who have experienced gender-based violence. She is especially passionate about supporting indigenous women who are disproportionately affected by GBV through holistic and culturally grounded services.

With over thirty years experience working in the domestic violence field, Maskerine was instrumental in the opening of a Transition House in Nelson, BC. She is dedicated to building collaborative safety nets with service providers and has worked tirelessly to increase the knowledge and understanding of those in the criminal justice system through facilitating interagency interdisciplinary teams and Integrated Case Assessment Team for High-Risk Domestic Violence cases. She has been a speaker and presenter at numerous domestic violence events and conferences both provincially and nationally.

She lives in Nelson, BC, where she is a mother, a grandmother to her two Métis granddaughters. Beneath My Scars is her first book.