BTM208 – Dr. LeNaya Hezel – The Warrior – Scholar Project
About Today’s Guest
LeNaya Hezel serves as Warrior-Scholar Project’s chief programs officer, collaborating with education and military-connected partners to cultivate educational experiences that foster personal growth for any enlisted service members and veterans pursuing higher education and beyond.
LeNaya earned her doctorate in public sociology at George Mason University, researching how military-connected students accrue social and cultural capital in higher education. Before WSP, LeNaya served as the inaugural Veterans Office director at Georgetown University and a certifying official at George Washington University. She holds a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Maryland, College Park.
LeNaya is a 2021 Veterans Leadership Program scholar with the George W. Bush Institute and a Pat Tillman Foundation scholar, but her most prized accomplishments include being a military spouse to a U.S. Navy officer and mother to three spirited children.
PsychArmor Resource of the Week
This week’s resource of the week is the PsychArmor course, Understanding and Utilizing Your Educational Benefits. This course provides service members, Veterans and their families with a comprehensive overview of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs educational benefits program. You can find the resource here: https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/Understanding-and-Utilizing-Your-Educational-Benefits.
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Theme Music
Our theme music Don’t Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.
This Episode Sponsored By:
This episode is sponsored by PsychArmor, the premier education and learning ecosystem specializing in military culture content. PsychArmor offers an online e-learning laboratory with custom training options for organizations.
Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families. You can find more about the work that he is doing at www.veteranmentalhealth.com
