Storm the Hill 2017

Linda (San Diego, CA) served over 20 years in the military, 6 years in the Army and 14 years in the Air Force as a nurse. She was deployed to Balad, Iraq in 2006 with the 322 squadron as a trauma nurse. She retired in 2010 and used her Post-9/11 GI Bill to pursue a Masters Degree in Nursing as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner so that she could help other veterans reintegrate back into society. She now works as a nurse practitioner specializes in post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She also speaks nationally educating mental health providers, doctors, nurses, and students about PTSD and combat stress. She is an advocate for service dogs for our veterans. Linda lives in San Diego, California with her husband, has 3 sons, one who is active duty in the Coast Guard.