[1][2] Vera began editing and writing as a journalist straight out of high school.
She was editor of First Alaskans Magazine, a publication highlighting Alaska Native people, culture, and news, for ten years.
As a television writer Vera has written numerous episodes of the Molly of Denali animated children's program airing on PBS KIDS[3] and was nominated for three Emmy Awards for her work on the show.
[4][5] Vera was on the writing staff of ABC's show Alaska Daily.
[6] Vera's Lingit name is T'set Kwei, her clan is Leeneidi (dog salmon,) and she's a citizen of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.