Noémie Echaquan is an Atikamekw woman from the community of Manawan. The mother of a 5‑year-old girl, she is a student at the general education centre in Trois-Rivières. Later, she will take courses with the Kiuna Institute, in the Human Sciences program, First Nations stream. She wants to become a teacher at Otapi, the high school in her community. She has a passion for cooking, nature, and singing. Every summer, she returns to her community to work. This is a way in which she can reconnect with the people of her village.