Kathleen "Kathy" Marie Nicholson was born in 1963 to James Justin Nicholson and Mary Alice Barr-Nicholson. The Great Train Robbery of 1963 takes place in Buckinghamshire, England. Sam Cooke and his band were arrested after trying to register at a "whites only" motel in Louisiana. In the months following, he recorded "A Change Is Gonna Come". Following President John F. Kennedy's assassination, the Warren Commission begins its investigation.

Kathy grew up in the Kansas City area with two sisters. She married Edward Ochoa June 15th, 1990 and the two have two children. They are raising their family in the San Diego area.

Megan Maria Ochoa b. 2000.

Justin Edward Ochoa b. 2002.