Kara Pasqua serves as a Training and Technical Assistant Specialist at the National Native Children's Trauma Center and Native Children's Advocacy Resource Center out of the University of Montana. Her prior work experience includes over 28+ years serving children and families in Human service programs that included Indian Child Welfare and Child Support advocacy at Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. During her tenure with these programs, she developed, implemented, and managed programming while working collaboratively with state, federal, and tribal agencies. In addition, she has previously served as a Principal Investigator over various grant projects.

Kara’s call to service has always been to protect and empower children and families within the community. Her educational background includes a master’s degree in legal studies with an emphasis on Indigenous Peoples' Law, human relations studies, and a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology, with a minor in counseling. Kara is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation with lineage in the Pit River Paiute tribes and resides within her tribal reservation of the Cherokee Nation. She is the proud mother of two adult sons, one teenage daughter, and four grandchildren.