• Moved from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to Cleveland, Ohio (6)
  • Mainly raised in Cleveland, and was in an urban relocation program in 1960 (7)
  • Single mother as a teenager while getting educated (6)
  • Received a tribal scholarship to UMD (6, 7)
  • Bachelors in Economics from the University of Minnesota, Duluth (6, 7)
  • Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School (2002 Bush Leadership Fellow) (6, 7)


When Diver was young, her family relocated from Fond du Lac to Cleveland, Ohio due to an urban relocation program (6) (7). As a teenager, she had to manage the responsibility of raising her young daughter while also pursuing her education (6).


Diver received a tribal scholarship from the University of Minnesota Duluth, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics (6) (7). She later became a Bush Foundation Leadership Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2002, ultimately earning a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard in 2003 (5) (6).