CNN CNN Newsroom June 8, 2013 21:59:00
Reservist in the air force and i was homeless. >> my name is jasmine booth. i am a captain in the army national guard and it is my mission to get homeless female veterans and their children back on their feet. in 2005, i was called to serve in iraq. during my mobilization, i lost everything in hurricane katrina, and the next month i was diagnosed with cancer. i was a single mother and 28 at the time. the va didn't have any programs available. when i left the va and went to social services, you were not a soldier, you were treated basically as a baby's mama or a crack head. it wasn't until i re...