Ann Favel is a non-status Cree woman. Her spirit name is Little Flower Girl, given to her by her father. Ann is a community peer research assistant in the Village Lab, working on a Gigii-Bapiimin project. She is also a full-time student at Ndinawemaaganag Endaawaad Inc., an Indigenous child and youth care program offered through Red River College. Ann has extensive experience in community-based HIV/STBBI research in Manitoba. She is also affiliated with the Sisters of Fire at Ka Ni Kanichihk.

To help others with recovery and adjusting to life with HIV, over the past few years, Ann has focused her work on peer engagement in the Prairie provinces and participated in numerous panels related to Indigenous women and HIV, sharing her story in schools, universities, radio, and television programs.