Nancy "Rusty" Barceló

[1] She has chaired Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) as well as the Washington State Native American Advisory Board (NAAB).

"When the UW’s new vice president for minority affairs started kindergarten, she told the teacher her name was Rusty Barcelo.

“Oh,” the teacher replied, “You must be Nancy.” Barcelo didn’t argue but she went home and told her mother she wasn’t going back to school.

Her mother, who knew Barcelo had been christened Nancy Virginia but was called Rusty because of her red hair, replied that she would have to go to school, and tried to explain the mix-up.

"[2] Barceló first began her collegiate career at Chico State University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Welfare and Corrections in 1969.