About

Jackie Munn is an Army Brat, West Point graduate, and former Army captain. Her time in service brought her to Iraq where she managed a supply warehouse; Washington, D.C., where she worked with wounded soldiers; and Afghanistan as a Cultural Support Team leader with Special Forces.

Working with wounded soldiers and vulnerable women and children in Afghanistan had a profound impact on Jackie. As a non-medical provider working in Afghan villages and clinics, she witnessed the traumatic toll caused by rampant inaccessibility to healthcare. When she redeployed to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, she saw the first-hand benefits of working on interdisciplinary teams that strived to provide wholistic care for wounded, ill, and injured soldiers. These experiences motivated her to pursue a career in the medical field. After leaving the Army, she got her master’s degree in nursing from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She was named a Pat Tillman Scholar in 2015 and after two years, she earned her license as a registered nurse and later became a board certified family nurse practitioner.

Jackie’s passion for healthcare is rooted in providing empathetic care to predominately underserved and vulnerable populations. She currently works as a family nurse practitioner at a public health department in the DC area where she cares for vulnerable populations and participated as a contact-tracer and vaccinator for her county’s covid response team.

When not working, Jackie spends her time reading and writing. She was awarded a writing fellowship through the National Endowment for the Arts in 2019 to attend a writing residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her NYT article, “As a Woman Serving Alongside Green Berets, I Had No Problem Keeping Up. It Wasn’t Enough,” became encouraged reading at the Pentagon, Special Operations Command, and applauded by former Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey.

Otherwise, Jackie spends her time gardening with her son, stand up paddle boarding with her husband (a West Point graduate and former Green Beret), and catching up on her reading list (her goal is at least 52 books this year). She is also a certified yoga teacher and boba tea connoisseur.