Aaluk Edwardson
- Actress
- Writer
Aaluk Edwardson was born and raised on the shores of the Arctic Ocean as an Iñupiaq woman. She is a multidisciplinary artist, purposeful educator and the founder of Creative Decolonization, LLC. She has been acting since she was five years old and loves exploring new roles. She has a degree in theater focused on performance and writing which was modified with sociology to focus on the healing benefits of performance.
As a business owner, Aaluk's work is focused on supporting wellness, cultural exploration, and creative engagement in service to communities around the world. She has written poetry for teens healing from sexual abuse, culturally diverse plays for children and adults, and for TV. She is working on a novel and two children's storybooks. She's taught elementary, middle, and high school students and adults in creative writing and history for the Iñupiaq Studies department Ilisagvik College. The ATTA Project, the PUIGUITKAAT Project, the Evolving through Disaster Series, and the Sovereignty Stories Project are a few of the grassroots, wellness efforts she's helped to develop in service to culture and community.
As a business owner, Aaluk's work is focused on supporting wellness, cultural exploration, and creative engagement in service to communities around the world. She has written poetry for teens healing from sexual abuse, culturally diverse plays for children and adults, and for TV. She is working on a novel and two children's storybooks. She's taught elementary, middle, and high school students and adults in creative writing and history for the Iñupiaq Studies department Ilisagvik College. The ATTA Project, the PUIGUITKAAT Project, the Evolving through Disaster Series, and the Sovereignty Stories Project are a few of the grassroots, wellness efforts she's helped to develop in service to culture and community.
