Jaspen “Jas” Boothe lost her home and belongings during Hurricane Katrina while she was training as a platoon leader in the Army Reserves. At the same time, she was diagnosed with aggressive head, neck and throat cancer. After 6 months in the hospital, 30 rounds of radiation and 2 surgeries, Boothe was in remission, but had no job and nowhere to go. Spurred by an “Oprah Winfrey Show” episode about homeless female veterans, Boothe used her credit card to start a program to help as many of the 55,000 female homeless veterans in the U.S. as she could. To date, Final Salute has helped 270 women veterans and their children from 15 states and territories.