HONORED INDIAN - KATHY WARREN

Kathy Warren is an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. She was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has also lived in El Paso and Ft. Worth Texas where she joined the Air Force. Kathy spent 8 years as an Intelligence Analyst, which is how she found her way to Omaha, Nebraska. She graduated in 1999, with a degree in History and minors in Native American Studies and Anthropology. Despite my warnings to get a “marketable” degree, Kathy obtained a Masters degree in History and a minor in Native American Studies. Kathy currently works as the Native American Outreach Coordinator at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and she teaches part time for the Native American Studies Department. Kathy has three children, Emily-12, Colin-10 and Joey-3. She is married to Tony Pasley, another history major. Kathy has been the driving force in increasing tribal recruitment and retention of native students at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.