Pellegrino, Marcy

Jaspen Boothe is a Chicago native, cancer survivor and disabled Army veteran who gave 15 years of service to this great nation. Once a homeless, unemployed veteran and single mother, Jas turned her struggles into activism with the founding of Final Salute, Inc. (www.finalsaluteinc.org), a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide safe and suitable housing to homeless women veterans and their children. Since its inception in 2010, it has raised over $1 million dollars and has assisted over 900 women veterans and children in 30 states and territories. In honor of her leadership and pos...