Celebrating Erin McLoughlin, US Army Veteran

Erin is a survivor of sexual trauma.  War brought many changes to her life in both world and personal views.  While Erin was deployed, she was assaulted by Iraqi local nationals.  On her path to recovery, she realized that a key issue was her ability to be honest about her experiences, good and bad.   As she worked through her own trauma, she discovered a passion and drive to walk with other survivors on their recovery paths.
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Celebrating Jaquelinn Fernandez, Michigan Police Officer

Working in a male dominant industry in the roughest city meant that she couldn't appear to be a pushover, or she wouldn't survive.   Jaquelinn admits that seeing so much death takes a mental toll on a person, which is why she transferred out of Detroit after 10 years.  She says that there's something within a human where, "you either have it or you don't, and that's running into danger knowing that the outcome could be losing your life in exchange for someone else's." 
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