U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

​In collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs media team in Washington D.C., I produced a series of journalistic sponsored content (copy and photography) that resulted in the highest value SEO linkbuilding ever coordinated at Tedder Industries, my then-employer.

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Pacific Northwest gym serves local Vets through non-profit workouts

“They teach you how to be mentally and physically fit to go to war and combat,” Burke said. “I found out … I saw some pretty horrific things.” He discovered, though, that the real crux of the issue with his father was in transitioning to civilian life. Warfare leaves its mark mentally just as much physically. “Because I couldn’t help him, because it was too late, my goal was: how can I help others?”

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Army Veteran gets help from VA, nonprofit after he falls on hard times

When his mother died, Craig Mitchell found that crystal meth paired well with his grief.

A sequence of hardships stacked up against Mitchell, 58, nearly a decade ago — a leg injury worsened diabetic symptoms causing him to drop out of college, his mother’s death created a void in his life, he faced eviction notices and he was convicted of drug possession charges. He hit rock bottom.

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National Guard Veteran finds help, home and hope with his four-legged friend

James Robinson didn’t have a home. He had a tent, a river and a flat rock.

“I could show you, but I don’t like showing people where I used to be because I might have to use that spot again. I was there for four years straight,” Robinson said. “I was safe there.”

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