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My name is Cynthia A. O’Dale-Higgins, I am Dine’ from TiisNazBas, AZ and Aneth, Utah. My four clans are Many Comanche Warriors Clan adopted by Yucca Strung Out on a Line (Hashk’ąą Hadzohí-Naałani Dine’é), born for Water Edge (Tábąąhá), my maternal grandfather is the Salt Clan (’Áshįįhí) and my paternal grandfather is Folded arm (Bit’ahnii). My undergraduate degree is in Elementary Education/Bi-Cultural Studies from Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO. A Graduate Degree from University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO., in Reading. My career in Education began with Head Start, as a Family Community Partnership Specialist, K-8 Teaching, 8th, 2nd and 4th. , Director of Higher Education for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Community Outreach for STEM Industry for Navajo Technical University under their National Science Foundation T-CUP Grant and finally my current position as a Education Specialist SR. and Instructor at Utah State University Currently, my position allows me to create pathways into employment for our students, through industry, tribal and state partnerships. Most students who enter in college normally do not have a clear path or understanding what means to choose a degree much less a career. We hope pathways begins to allow them to explore, understand and experience careers and companies to make decisions that allow them complete their degrees. Which creates greater retention and completion in higher education and high school.