Back to directory
Rachel Edwardson
- Location:
- Australia
- Languages:
- English
- Issues:
- Disability Rights, LGBTQIA+, Child Welfare, Racial Injustice, Economic Injustice, Women and Girls
- Expertise:
- Impact Producing, Consulting, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Crafting Classroom Materials, Mentorship
- Cultural/racial identity:
- Iñupiaq, Sami, Norwegian American
- Self identification:
- Cis
Bio
Rachel Naŋinaaq Edwardson is from Utqiagvik (Alaska) and is a social justice film and TV writer/director/producer. She has directed/produced documentaries, short dramas and live to tape Television; she is a 2009 alumni of the Sundance Institute Ford Fellowship for her Iñupiaq Fantasy Trilogy and short film. She directed the History of the Iñupiaq documentary series which was the first all First Nations produced and directed history series in the United States. She also works in education and is a cultural safety consultant in Australia and the USA, leading holistic culturally safe and responsive practice reform in film, arts and media, education, government, health and corporate sectors. She is a Iñupiat/Sami/Norwegian woman. Rachel is married to former land rights lawyer and social justice advocate, David Selvarajah Vadiveloo, and together they have three children. She is the oldest daughter of author, leader and educator, Debby Dahl Edwardson and tribal leader George Saġġana Edwardson.
