Dr. Horn is Kanienkeha:ka. Her mother is from Kahnawake, Que., and her father is from Akwesasne, which saddles the borders of Ontario, Quebec and New York State. She works as a family physician taking care of her people through all stages of the lifecycle. Supervising medical students and family medicine residents during their rural rotations in Akwesasne, she emphasizes the complexities of providing primary care to Indigenous Peoples and their communities.

Drawing on both Western and traditional paradigms, working with like-minded physicians across the country, with a focus on the effects of the environment and pollution on health, Dr. Horn promotes the inclusion and support of traditional knowledge and “ways of being” in a framework for providing holistic and primary care to her people.

Dr. Horn is president of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada.