Ms. Kotierk was born in Iqaluit, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) in 1975.
[2][1] She is a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for the term 2023-2025 representing Arctic peoples.
In November 2016, she took leave from her position as director of Inuit employment and training at Nunavut Tunngavik to run in the Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) presidential election.
On December 13, 2016, she beat the incumbent Cathy Towtongie by 243 votes.
Kotierk is based in Iqaluit, speaks Inuktitut, has five children and one grandchild.