Dr. Wenshuang Nie immigrated from XinJiang, China when she was 11 years old. She joined the Canadian Armed Forces at 17 years old and served x 15 years as a diesel mechanic and then as a medical Officer. She has deployed to multiple countries and unique environments, including the Arctic, fighting fires and floods in Canada, and representing Canada as the NATO Taskforce Surgeon in Europe. She left the uniform in 2018, but continues to look after the CAF population in Calgary. She was diagnosed with PTSD due to her service, and participated in the Invictus Games in 2025. She has worked through the challenges of being a female minority immigrant in male dominated fields of military and medicine.
