Klahanie R. Rorick is from the Tahltan band, near Dease Lake. She is from the Tses' Kiya, (pronounced Tses-kee-ya) "Crow" Clan. She moved to Vancouver in 1996 and attended the Native Education College (NEC) from 1997-2000. She worked at NEC from 2003-2007.
She also attended the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Vancouver Community College. She is a recent graduate of the General Management Certificate Program and Business Writing, Public Relations and Marketing Communications Certificate Program at Simon Fraser University (SFU). She currently works for the Director of the Office for Aboriginal Peoples, at SFU. Klahanie was elected as a board member for a one year term in the 2011 NEC AGM.