Shelby Bertrand is an aspiring academic and politician. After six years as a civil servant, she now studies philosophy of mathematics at uOttawa and devotes the rest of her time to activism and politics.

Coreen has lived in Ottawa most of her life. She was the Ontario Libertarian Party candidate for Nepean-Carleton in 2014, and the Libertarian Party of Canada candidate for Ottawa-Vanier in 2015. She enjoys cooking and traveling, and lives with her husband and their pets.