Celebrating Zaneta Adams, U.S. Army Veteran

While serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Zaneta was injured when she fell 11ft from an M35 series 2 1/2-ton cargo truck with the rails up. With her spirit persevering, Zaneta overcame the fear and medical diagnosis that she may never walk again. She graduated from Western Michigan Cooley Law School in May 2014 as a Distinguished Law Student and in 2015, she passed the Bar.

Among other things, Zaneta works tirelessly assisting Veterans with their compensation and pension appeals in Muskegon, MI. She is an Adjunct Professor of Veteran’s Law at Western Michigan Cooley Law School and was named a Top 100 Lawyer for the US in 2017.

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Celebrating Crystal Jeffords, US Army Veteran

Crystal’s life took a dramatic change in 2007, when she received a Red Cross message that her mother had hung herself.  When Crystal returned to her overseas military duty from emergency leave, she was informed that her tour of duty had been extended.  Worse yet, for the next seven months, she faced repeated situations of sexual assault by a person who held a leadership position in her own unit.
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