Peggy Benally has been around the military community her entire life. She was a Army brat who went through a war deployment with a parent deployed. Both parents were career Army soldiers. Peggy met her husband 5 1/2 months before they were married due to his deployment to Iraq in 2003. They recently celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary. Her caregiving began when her husband became medically retired from injuries sustained in Iraq in 2004 with various levels of need. She left her nursing career to be a full time caregiver/stay at home mom after a suicide attempt in 2012. She had been a nurse since 1997. Peggy has a Geri psych background in nursing. She is able to use those skills to help her navigate Daniel's mental and physical health struggles.
She excels at multi tasking. They have 3 amazing kids. Peggy loves to take pictures, cook, crafting, outdoors and traveling.

She is involved with veteran and caregiver advocacy in many ways. Peggy is a VA caregiver program Peer Mentor, COH volunteer and also volunteers with Semper Fi Fund to help facilitate get-togethers for SFF spouses in the KC and Kansas area. It’s really important to Peggy that her fellow veteran spouses or caregivers never feel alone in this life like she did for many years. She emphases how it is very important to have someone who walks a similar path and to build a tribe of support around you.

She stated she really enjoys volunteering with COH to give back to the organization who has been so instrumental in helping her in rediscovering her own identity in this journey. Peggy was one of our first participants of the mental health and wellness restorative weekend in 2018. "That weekend still impacts me years later. On a personal and caregiver level. I believe in what COH is doing to help reduce isolation in this community as well as empowering caregivers to rediscover themselves in the process."

Tonya Gallina is a wife and caregiver to her Army veteran and mother to 3 children, as well as grandma to one handsome little boy, Bentley!! In November, Tonya was a participant in our restorative weekend in Kansas City, since then she has been volunteering with COH! She has volunteered at the last RW, helped with fundraising and enjoys helping with the “back office” stuff.
“When I met the man of my dreams 7 yrs ago I had no idea that he had PTSD, among other things. I quickly learned how isolated and alone I felt!! That is when I decided to be a voice for all caregivers!”

My name is Samantha Hanlon. I am one of COH's Trauma Reboot course facilitators. I also facilitate a National online support group for PTSD Foundation of America for spouses and family members who have a loved one with combat related PTSD. I'm a Christian and God has been my saving Grace through many trials in my life with depression and anxiety. I have been a Caregiver for my husband for 10 years who suffers with combat trauma. Outside of Volunteering I'm a part time cook at a childcare center which I absolutely love. Kids bring so much joy and I love to cook. I enjoy quality time with my husband and children Alex and Brooklyn. I'm a huge advocate for selfcare and having a great support network. I just want to help encourage and inspire others that anything is possible and that they are never alone in their fight.

Consuelo is one of COH's Trauma Reboot course facilitators which she leads with Samantha Hanlon. Their husbands served together in war and now all these years later they get to serve by co-leading a group of caregivers. Consuelo comes from a family line of service members with the Armed Forces/First Responders dating back to 40+ years. She is the daughter of a 3-time Vietnam Veteran who served as a Sky Soldier in the United States Army. Consuelo has been married to Charles Moore for 24 years. Charles served in OIF from 2008-2009. Together they have 4 adult children; Joseph, Rachel, Alex Tanner and John Charles. They are also blessed with 3 grandchildren and several great nieces and nephews that are the apple of their eye. Charles and Consuelo are current members of Lakepointe Church in Rockwall, Texas where they have attended for the past 9 years. Consuelo Moore joined The PTSD Foundation of America in 2015 as a Veteran/First Responder Family Coordinator after obtaining her Certification in Combat Trauma. She is also an Assistant Director for Overwatch WildOps and she is also a Peer to Peer Mentor/Family Coordinator at her church where she and Charles currently train and lead PTSD Warrior and Family groups. As a family member of PTSD for generations; she knows first-hand what PTSD looks like and how it can affect not only the Veteran, but the entire family. Consuelo's mission is to come alongside families and to help them find hope and healing through education, experience and faith. The primary purpose is to give a safe and non-judgmental space to grow and find serenity within themselves and their family.

Consuelo has also recently returned to school to get her degree in Social Work with a specialty in First Responder/Military Family Trauma.