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Major (Retired) Christina Helferich-Polosky is the founder, curator, and featured artist of WoundedNotWorthless.com LLC. In 2009 she was 100% disabled and medically retired by the US Army because of multiple physical and mental injuries and illnesses she suffered after 11+ years of successful active-duty service as a Transportation and Information Operations Officer – disabilities attributed to burn pit exposures that occurred during her combat deployments to Kuwait/Iraq (OIF) in 2003 where she was awarded the Bronze Star and Bagram, Afghanistan (OEF) in 2008 with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) where she was MEDEVACd home after becoming seriously ill.
Christina has a BA in Political Science, BA in History and a Master of Teaching from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also a lifetime member of the VFW and MOAA. She currently sits on the Executive Board of the nonprofit Hand To Heart Village (https://hthv.org).
