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RHESERVE EAIN IN THE
AGMARINE CORPS.
TO ANOTHER LOWCOUNTRY VETERAN ..
WHO WORKS EVERY DAY
TO HELP HER FELLOW VET..
SUMMERVILLE ARMY VETERAN XIOMARA
SOSA SET UP AN ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED TO
HELPING VETERANS WHO DEAL WITH
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.
HER FOCUS IS SERVICEMEN AND
WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED SINCE 9-11
..SOSA WAS HEADING TO THE
PENTAGON FOR WORK ON
SEPTEMBER 11 -- 2001 AND LIKE SO
MANY OTHERS, WAS DEEPLY
IMPACTED BY THE TERRORIST
ATTACKS. SHE HOPES TO END THE
STIGMA ATTACHED TO VETS SEEKING
HELP FOR
MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS.
I knew once we went into Iraq
and Afghanistan that the VA
wasn't prepared,
for what we we're going to get
back. America wasn't prepared
for what we
were going to get back. Now all
theses years later we are still
not prepared for
everything.
SOSA SAYS IT'S HER MISSION TO
KEEP PUSHING FOR MORE ACCESS TO
VETERANS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
HER ORGANIZATION,
CALLED "YOU ARE STRONG" CENTERS
ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FOR VETS, GIVES THEM DIRECT
LINKS AND INFORMATION NEEDED TO
ACCESS
HELP IN THE LOWCOUNTRY AND