Darlene Angeconeb is a member of the Lac Seul First Nation and she lives in Sioux Lookout. Her family participated in a government Indian relocation program to Elliot Lake in 1966. At six years of age she attended the Pelican Lake Indian residential school from 1969 to 1977 and completed high school in Sault Ste. Marie in 1983. Post-secondary studies include fine art at the Ontario College of Art and Design and political science at Algoma and Laurentian universities.
Darlene started working for Equay-wuk in 1999 as a project leader for the Nishnawbe women and self-government projects. She empowers women in remote northern communities by facilitating workshops on self-government, starting women's groups, women's leadership, and cultural sensitivity. Darlene currently works as the project coordinator for the Building Aboriginal Women's Leadership project, with the goal of increasing women's participation in leadership roles.