Dozay ("Little Girl" in Maliseet) was born and raised on the banks of the Tobique Rivers in Western New Brunswick. A middle child of a large Maliseet family rich with native traditions and values. .

"Atlantic native art to me is part of a culture that has been too long in the dark. It has yet to be recognized for its own inner beauty, a beauty that is being constantly misrespresented be the eyes of a dominant society."

-Dozay