Life Lessons I've Learned From Interviewing Veterans | Sara Robinson | TEDxDesMoines

Veterans Sara Maniscalco Robinson is founder, President and CEO, of The Iowa Veterans’ Perspective Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit that shines a light on Iowa’s military heroes by sharing veterans’ first-person stories through film. A native of Boone who grew up in a military family, Sara has served in the Iowa National Guard for more than two decades with two deployments. As a public affairs specialist, her role has consisted of global broadcast and print journalism for the military. In 2017, Sara founded her foundation to continue a project she worked on for the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum in Johnston, Iowa. The original project was a compilation of video interviews from prisoners-of-war. Sara strongly felt that the collection of stories needed to continue. The mission of her foundation is to raise awareness about veteran-specific issues and to teach future generations about the cost of freedom. She has a B.A. in Natural Resource Management and Entomology from Iowa State University. Sara lives in Johnston with her husband, Joe, and their two children and three Great Danes. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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In this wealthy country there should not be such a thing as a homeless vet. It doesn't matter their MOS...even those in supply roles support JSOGs

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