Michelle Dallocchio

 "Michelle Dallocchio has worked over 15 years in inpatient and outpatient mental health in both the nonprofit and military mental health sectors. She served in the US Army between 1998-2006 as a medic and mental health sergeant. As a member of Team Lioness (a team of women attached to Special Forces and Marine infantry units in Iraq), she deployed to Ramadi, Iraq in 2004-2005. Michelle was one of the first women to engage in direct combat operations. She is a David L. Boren NSEP Scholar and wrote the "Women Warriors" chapter in War Trauma and Its Wake (Routledge, 2012) and two forthcoming books, The Desert Warrior and Toxic Leadership. She was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, NPR and many other outlets covering the female combat veteran experience, expressive arts therapy, and intersectionality. She has also been featured in the documentaries Lioness, The Long Road Home, and Soldiers Period. After a long road of post-war reintegration, she received her Master of Social Work degree from University of Southern California in 2016 and provides social services for families in need in Metro Las Vegas."