Noreen is a former investigative reporter for CBS, ABC and NPR affiliates and former Communications Officer for the Red Cross. She is a member of the Ontario Genealogical Society, and student with the Institute of Genealogical Studies, as well a researcher listed with Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.
Noreen has spent time learning the Algonquin language (Anishnabemowin), and enjoys First Nation celebrations, events, teachings and workshops. Her maternal lineage goes back to Governor William Bradford of the Plimoth Colony (Mayflower) and to Jamestown, Virginia and Pocahontas, and to New York Dutch fur traders. Heritage background --Scot, Irish, British, Dutch, Mohawk, Montauk, Powhatan and really too many to list. Her paternal roots lead to Croatia—a country and peoples who have struggled long for liberation.
Noreen was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and received a Bachelors Degree at Central Michigan University in Broadcast Journalism. She currently lives along the Goulais River, north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario after 24 years of residing in the Ottawa Valley of Ontario.