Jessica Kotierk has been Manager/Curator of the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit, Canada since 2018. She is focused on the care of Inuit artifacts in museum collections. Jessica supports the promotion and preservation of Inuit art, and archives with past positions at the Canadian Conservation Institute, Avataq Cultural Institute, and Inuit Art Foundation before returning to Nunavut and working at the Nunavut Film Development Corporation. Her education includes a Film Studies degree and a diploma in Collection Conservation and Management. Started out being interested in the heritage professions through programs with the Inuit Heritage Trust: Archaeological Field School in Naujaat, Nunavut Heritage Training Institutes, Nunavut Heritage Leadership Program and received the Alain Maktar Heritage Scholarship. She is on the Board of the Archives Council of Nunavut, Alianait Arts Festival, Nunavut Film Development Corporation, Indigenous Heritage Circle, and Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.