Porter, a
Métis woman born and raised in
Manitoba, currently lives in
St. John's,
Newfoundland and Labrador[4] where she teaches in the Department of English at
Memorial University of Newfoundland.[5] She previously published the poetry collection Inquiries (2019),[6] the non-fiction history book Rebel Women of the East Coast (2005), and the family history memoirs Approaching Fire (2020)[7] and Scratching River (2022).[8]
Porter was a shortlisted
Pat Lowther Award finalist in 2020 for Inquiries,[9] and an
Indigenous Voices Award nominee for English Creative Nonfiction and Life-Writing in 2021 for Approaching Fire.