Head and shoulders image of Mary M. Mattila, district home economist for North Battleford and Meadow Lake agricultural representative districts during the mid-1960s..

Bio/Historical Note: Mary M. Mattila grew up on a dairy farm on the shores of Lake Ontario near Kingston. After graduation from the University of Guelph with a home economics degree, she headed west with her Saskatchewan-born husband, Howard Mattila, settling in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. The first two years in the west were spent working as a district home economist in the North Battleford and Meadow Lake agricultural representative districts. During those early years Mattila took art classes from local teachers, as well as a first year university painting class from James McIllivary. Since retirement from the North West Regional College in 2004, Mattila paints regularly with the Battlefords Art Club (2023).