Anastasia DeGuzman lives in Florida with her husband and three children ages 1, 5, and 8. On top of this, she’s attending college and interning at a local elementary school with the goal of acquiring her teacher’s certificate. Visual impairments aside, it’s clear that she leads a full and demanding life – not a life that
Michael Jernigan is a United States Marine Corporal who was medically retired in December of 2005 after being blinded by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Aside from taking his sight, the explosion also crushed his entire forehead, severely injured his right hand and left knee, and left him with a traumatic brain injury. After working hard
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Kathy Champion has been there and done that. In nearly 28 years in the Army, Kathy acted as a paramedic, commanded a Civil Affairs unit and helped to rebuild West Baghdad. She survived seven explosions, countless sandstorms and harsh living environments. When she returned home, Kathy began fighting another battle, one against Post Traumatic Stress
