Marissa ( ayuxtin) Tom-Charlie is doing something she never imagined doing this year - she's studying at Vancouver Island University (VIU).
The hardworking Ucluelet Secondary School graduate, from the Tla-o-qui-aht and Ahousaht First Nations, had only just begun investigating post-secondary options when she learned she received the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust's Central Region nuucaanul Education Award. She is the first in her family to attend post-secondary.
