Education

 M.F.A., Poetry, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2011.

Ph.D.  Cross Cultural Studies, University of   Alaska Fairbanks, 2008.

 M.A. Cross Cultural Studies, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, U of A. Fairbanks. 2004.

 B.L.A. Alaska Studies and English, University of Alaska SE, Sitka 2002

 A.A. Associates of Arts, University of Alaska SE, Sitka 2000.

Licensed Practical Nurse, University of Alaska SE, Weber State Univ., Sitka 2000.

 Employment

Co-Director, Raven’s Blanket, Wrangell Alaska

Writer's Workshop Facilitator: Borinquen Air Station. U.S. Coast Guard, Puerto Rico: Dec. 09-April, 2011.

Community Involvement

 Kayaaní Commission Member at Large: Concerned with preserving and protecting plants and the traditional ways they are used.

Southeast Alaska Native Educators  Association,voting member. 

 Salvation Army: Food Bank distribution.

 Tlingit language and Cultural Revitalization: Lingít language immersion camp participation.

 Lingít language curriculum development & translation assistant: 2000 to current.

Readings and Presentations

Graduating Student Reading and Colloquim, University of Alaska, Achorage, July, 2011.

With Poets in Winter: online discussion at Alaska 49 Writers, Jan. 2011.

Borinquen Air Station: Spouse Club Meeting, January 2011.

Poetry: Sitka Monthly Grind, April 2009.

Larkspur Cafe, Poetry, August 2009, Sept. 09

University of Alaska Anchorage, Summer 09

Sitka Symposium, 2007, 2009.

Poetry/short story: Sharing Our Knowledge Clan Conference, Sheetka Kwaan Tribal House, Sitka, Alaska, 2007.

Poetry: Beyond Heritage, Juneau, Alaska 2006, 2007.

Re-telling our Stories: Using Writing as Resistance to Inaccurate Historical Perspectives. Sharing Our Knowledge Clan Conference, Sitka, Alaska 2009.

Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights Workshop.Sharing our Knowledge Clan Conference, Sitka, Alaska ,2007.

KSTK Public Radio, Wrangell, Alaska: Short Stories, 1997, 1998.

  Honors & Awards

 Boulevard Magazine Emerging Poets Award (2010). Honorable Mention.

 Finalist, Joy Harjo Poetry Award, Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts (2009). Poem: "Paths of most resistance."

Honorable Mention.  Harold McCracken Poetry Award (2009).     University of Alaska.  Poem:  “The Last Word.”

Finalist, Joy Harjo Poetry Award, Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts (2008). Poem: “I Was in Love With a Boy Who Loved Dog-Sledding.”

Courtland Auser Undergraduate Award: Moving Mountains in the Intercultural Classroom. American Association for Ethnic Studies, 2002.

Golden Key Honor Society, University of Alaska S.E., Weber State University.

Publications

"Salmon Woman," "I Was In Love With a Boy Who Loved Dog-Sledding," "The Last Word," Tidal Echoes, 2010.

 "The Real Roat to Nowhere." Gutter Eloquence. http://www.guttereloquence.com/issue9/vfprescott9.html

"Ode to Stinkin." First Place. Alaska 49 Writers Ode to a Dead Salmon Contest, 2009.

 Dissertation: Lingít Haa Sateeyí, We Who Are Tlingit: Contemporary Tlingit Identity and the Ancestral Relationship to the Landscape (2008).

 Poetry: Kingfisher, Explorations 2000, Explorations 2001, Avoset: A Journal of Nature Poems, Tidal Echoes, Ice Box, Permafrost, Island Institute: Connotations.

“Perspective of a Tlingit Language Instructor” Sharing Our Pathways, a journal of the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative. Vol. 10. Issue 2. (Mar/Apr 2005). (Published under Vivian Martindale).

 “Book Review: Native Voices in Research.” Sharing Our Pathways. Vol. 10. Issue 1. (Jan/Feb. 2005).

“S’áxt’: Incorporating Native Values in a Place Based Lesson Plan.” Sharing Our Pathways. Vol. 9 Issue 2 (Mar/Apr 2004).

“Native American Songs as Literature.” Sharing Our Pathways. Vol. 9. Issue 1 (Jan/Feb. 2004).

 “Translations of Native American Literature.” Sharing Our Pathways. Vol. 9. Issue 1 (Jan/Feb. 2004).

“In the Presence of Stories.” Sharing Our Pathways. Vol. 8. Issue 5. (Nov/Dec 2003).

 “Moving Mountains in the Intercultural Classroom.” Ethnic Studies Review, American Association for Ethnic Studies, 2002.