[2] Campbell grew up on the traditional territory of the Nłeʔkepmx and Syilx people[1] in the Nicola Valley of British Columbia.
[3] Her mother is of Interior Salish and Nsilx ancestry, and her father is Métis; many of her family members attended residential schools.
[citation needed] Campbell is an assistant professor in the Indigenous Studies program at the University of the Fraser Valley.
In an interview with CBC Books, Campbell explained that she didn't want tragedy to be the only story told by and about Indigenous people.
[citation needed] In 2021, Campbell published her memoir, Spíləx̣m: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence, which was first written to fulfill the requirements of her thesis project for her Master of Fine Arts degree.