October 2023: Monica Bassett (Stronghold Food Pantry)

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Summary

Monica is a military spouse and the Founder & CEO of Stronghold Food Pantry. She joined our October 2023 NCCGSC live gathering to share more about her journey to support equitable and accessible food insecurity solutions for military families.

Bio

Monica is a military spouse and advocate for the underprivileged in the military community. Through her personal experience with food insecurity as a child and by connecting with military families facing these same struggles, she has made it her mission to ease the burden of food insecurity and shine a light on undernourishment of families. She built Stronghold to respectfully supply resources to families, provide actionable solutions, and educate others on the crisis of food insecurity in the military. Monica was named the Armed Forces Insurance Army Spouse of the Year for 2022 because of her commitment to alleviating food insecurity.