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I was born Nov.11, 1978 in Washington Twp. NJ. I graduated high school in June of 1997 and joined the Army July 2nd. My first job was medical supply and I was stationed at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. I was there for my two-year enlistment then decided to join the NJ National Guard to finish college. Over the next several years, I bounced around different colleges and universities and was in and out of the guard. I was out of the guard when the Iraq War began and I felt that I needed to come back in the military to do my part. I joined the 250th Signal Battalion and earned my second job as a cable maintainer/installer “cable dog”. I did not know what the job entailed; I just knew that I wanted to come back to the military. I was attending Rowan University when my unit was called up to support OIF III in 2004. I worked in a communications shelter at FOB Danger in Tikrit, Iraq. While deployed, I was able to complete my communications degree through online classes from Thomas Edison State College. When I returned from my deployment, my unit became military police so I decided to find a new job and unit. I decided to join the 444th Mobile Public Affairs from N.J. and I went to school to become a broadcast journalist. I also started an internship with NBC10 in Philadelphia. After six months with NBC10, I was hired as a production assistant/researcher and worked there for about a year. During the year, I thought about volunteering for another deployment so I could get experience as a journalist in the military. I volunteered in September of 2006 and was picked up for this mission with the 113th Mobile Public Affairs from Puerto Rico in early 2007. I finished broadcast journalism school in June and began my training for deployment in July. While stationed in Baghdad, I was able to meet many different soldiers and experience more than I was ever able to before. I loved being in the streets of Baghdad, meeting the locals and telling the soldier’s story. When I returned from Iraq, I was faced with my mother’s brain cancer diagnosis. It has been a constant struggle but I am managing through it. I am currently still caring for my mother and figuring out where I am going from here. I am very passionate about the military and about the issues facing them after deployment. I would like to do anything that I can to help make a difference.