Cowan receives NextGenUnder30 award

Emily Cowan recently received a NextGenUnder30 award in the state of Kansas for her work in the non-profit sector.

Cowan is the co-president of the Abandoned Atlas Foundation and founder of the Abandoned Atlas Foundation’s divisions in Kansas and Missouri.

Cowan does a lot of work in Oklahoma, where she has helped repatriate many Indigenous items.

She is a published author, writing Abandoned Topeka: Psychiatric Capital of the World, which has sold out twice. Cowan has also been featured on television news over ten times, including Kansas State Network Topeka’s “Someone You Should Know” segment.