Choctaw student 'finds her tribe' during year of study at UCC

Native American student Skylee Glass said she made friends for life during her time in Cork

Skylee Glass, a native of Oklahoma, who has graduated with a masters in applied psychology at UCC at the Kindred Spirits monument to the Choctaw tribe in Midleton, Co Cork. Pictures: Eddie O'Hare

A Native American student who worked with an autism charity and Irish Travellers during a special Government scholarship at University College Cork (UCC) said she found her tribe and friends for life here.

Choctaw-Ireland scholar Skylee Glass, 24, from Verden in Southwest Oklahoma, was speaking as she brought her father, Dion, to visit the Choctaw-inspired Kindred Spirits sculpture in East Cork, ahead of her graduation on Wednesday with a masters in applied psychology from UCC.