Kristen Bennett

Like we've heard this a lot from veterans, right, in the military space, that when you're out in the trenches together, it does not matter who you voted for, where you came from, or which God you may or may not pray to. At the end of the day, we're on a mission together, and that's like what we have to solve.

Like we've heard this a lot from veterans, right, in the military space, that when you're out in the trenches together, it does not matter who you voted for, where you came from, or which God you may or may not pray to. At the end of the day, we're on a mission together, and that's like what we have to solve.

And they leave those experiences with such strong connections to those people because of that common mission and common experience. That happens in service years as well.

And they leave those experiences with such strong connections to those people because of that common mission and common experience. That happens in service years as well.

And they leave those experiences with such strong connections to those people because of that common mission and common experience. That happens in service years as well.

Amongst the 2008 recession, I did a year of AmeriCorps helping connect low-income families with resources that already existed. Tax credits, food stamps, job supports, different things like that in my hometown and was exposed to more need both from services needing to be delivered in communities to also peers around me that were trying to figure out what to do with their lives.

Amongst the 2008 recession, I did a year of AmeriCorps helping connect low-income families with resources that already existed. Tax credits, food stamps, job supports, different things like that in my hometown and was exposed to more need both from services needing to be delivered in communities to also peers around me that were trying to figure out what to do with their lives.

Amongst the 2008 recession, I did a year of AmeriCorps helping connect low-income families with resources that already existed. Tax credits, food stamps, job supports, different things like that in my hometown and was exposed to more need both from services needing to be delivered in communities to also peers around me that were trying to figure out what to do with their lives.

So it's that vision that brings me to this every day and the hope that I can help other people have the experience that I was fortunate enough to have.

So it's that vision that brings me to this every day and the hope that I can help other people have the experience that I was fortunate enough to have.

So it's that vision that brings me to this every day and the hope that I can help other people have the experience that I was fortunate enough to have.