Fellow Melissa Steinman Profiled in “Wildlife Education Brings Peace to Returning Veteran
December 15, 2011 - Mission Continues Fellow Alumna and U.S. Coast Guard veteran Melissa Steinman is the focus of an article in the November – December issue of Arizona Boating & Watersports’ Western Wildlife. “Wildlife Education Brings Peace to Returning Veteran” features Steinman and her commitment to serving with her fellowship host organization, The Arizona Game and Fish Foundation’s Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center. Steinman’s fellowship has provided her the opportunity to continue serving in her community while engaging a mission very close to her heart:
“The Mission Continues helps me contribute directly to my community while also allowing me to further my professional goals for the future,” said Steinman. “Leadership played a big role in my military career, and it is something that’s still needed in our civilian communities because it empowers people to be active and use their personal strengths.”
Throughout her fellowship, "Steinman has created outreach programs for disabled veterans, under-served student populations (including low income students, children with cancer or terminal illness, and the Child Crisis Center), and Southwest Key Programs, which served unaccompanied minors that are victims of human trafficking."
Steinman recently served as a project leader for the Phoenix Celebration of Service project in October. In November, she was one of the five featured Fellows to address the audience at The Mission Continues’ 2011 Veterans Day Gala in St. Louis.
Download the November – December issue of Western Wildlife. (Article is featured on pages 14-15)
