Davis, the founder and president of Operation Open Arms, a non-profit organization devoted to providing food and supplies to homeless veterans and veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, explained her passion for charitable work is fueled by her personal experiences.
Davis is the wife of Sgt. Byron Davis, a Marine-turned Army Reserve Soldier with three overseas tours under his belt.
Davis said she first became interested in helping Soldiers with PTSD after witnessing the changes her husband experienced after his deployment to Iraq in 2004.
"It was very easy to tell that he wasn't okay," she said.
Davis, in support of her husband's treatment, attended an in-patient program with him run by Veterans Affairs. It was during that treatment Davis learned not all veterans have a support system in place, or the means to receive the proper care needed to make progress.
By Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown
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