Change Notes: Stepping Up to Support Veterans
After serving nearly nine years in the Navy, Liz Perez returned to civilian life in San Diego feeling good about a new job and a fresh start. Unfortunately, she faced challenges she never Change Notes: Stepping Up to Support Veteranssaw coming.
"When you're in the military, everything you need is on base," she said. "When I left, I had no support. I didn't know where to go for things like housing or child care. I didn't realize how much is taken out of your paycheck. I had a really hard time."
Simone A. Bernstein is a sophomore at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y.
As an economics major, I sometimes felt out of my element as I found myself more concerned about people and their well-being than I did about money, profit, and finance. As my classmates competed for the typical financial analyst positions, I found myself applying for the Peace Corps.
I chose to work on the Community Blueprint Network and with the 