Title: Health Advisory and Speaker

Company: Veterans Peer Support Group Of Evansville

Location: Chandler, Ind.

A U.S. Army combat veteran, medic, and now a licensed practical nurse, Rebecca Farrar currently works with those trying to overcome post traumatic stress disorders as health advisor at the Veterans Peer Support Group Of Evansville. She saw combat in Iraq and suffers from it herself, so she is able to relate to her clients, and draws upon her two years of education from military school and her time at Ivy Tech Community College Evansville. Ms. Farrar’s biggest professional challenge was in the military, since she was a woman she had to prove herself and be better than everyone else, so she got on top of her game, and tries to instill this attitude in all her patients, male or female.

Ms. Farrar’s greatest strength is her communication skills, and she educates others showing them their values and strengths, and helping the military get resources they need. Her greatest accomplishment has been being shot twice, suffered traumatic brain injury, surviving, left with a disability and attaining her nursing degree after her military duty. She would like to see more awareness with Post Traumatic Stress, she feels it is not addressed enough, and she wishes she could help nurses have a better understanding of it. Ms. Farrar wants to be remembered for her compassion and caring of others, and having the drive to help and be there for others and share her passion and standing up for others that have served.