Courtney Cardinal has become a fixture and a leader among The Emerging Breakthrough Artist Program put on by the St. Paul and District Arts Foundation.  Although her role has taken her out of the program, she still has close ties and involvement with the other artists.  Courtney shares her troubled past as a Millennium Scoop Survivor and how she found art in her road to recovery and overcoming the emotional damage it left with her.  Even with talking about such emotional, intimate life experiences, Courtney keeps a sense of humor and a bright attitude towards her life.  She even brings educational knowledge, like how her home community of Saddle Lake got it's name.  A quiet, soft spoken woman who's words and stories pack a powerful punch, She is Someone Completely interesting.