Using lessons from deployment as a student
Vanessa Prebish enlisted in the Army National Guard because she wanted to be a part of something larger than herself. She says her experience while deployed helped her become a better student and will be beneficial to her future in medicine.
Prebish was deployed for ten months to Iraq as a medic and returned in July of 2010. She is currently a studying global health at St. John's University.
This is the third in a series of conversations with veterans as part of Minnesota's Veterans' Voices Month. Listen to the first two conversations:
• Rose Bayuk, WWII veteran
• Former Marine Nick Swaggert
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