Amber Cardenas is a member of the sqilx/syilx/Okanagan Nation and grew up throughout the territory with family roots from snpinktn and the similkameen. They are a language learner of nqilxcn and has been singing since a young age. They hope to live by the words and guidance of their late grandmother and other elders of the Nation that have shared teachings of what it is to be sqilxw.