Choosing to be a veteran can stem from our youth. When I decided to join the army at 31, I had a multidisciplinary bachelor's degree specializing in psychology, French and nursing. I had a tracheotomy at birth, and I was told I was going to die. However, I'm going to turn 50 this year.
I think about giving back. I want to give others the chance to live and the chance to give back. I think life has given me a second chance. It gave me a third with the café, and a fourth. I think we have to try to be fair. At the café, you try not to remain impassive, and we try to tell people to get help. We want differences to be accepted.