Sam Juan (Combat Moral Injury, Catharsis through Art and Post Traumatic Growth) - Episode 1293

Podcast: Behind The Shield · James Geering

Opublikowano: 2026-10-04

Samantha Juan is a Filipina-Persian American writer, visual artist, speaker, and U.S. Army veteran whose work examines survival, identity, memory, and the body’s long return to itself. Samantha served in the U.S. Army from 2003 to 2013, including as a signals intelligence analyst and Cultural Support Team leader attached to Joint Special Operations Command in Afghanistan. She is a Bronze Star recipient and 2014 Pat Tillman Scholar, with a BFA from Old Dominion University and an MLA from Johns Hopkins University. Raised between cultures and shaped by nearly a decade of military service, she brings a rare le...