Mirna Velez De Mansilla served more than 20 years in the U.S. Army as a (68D) surgical technician in various clinical and operational assignments at Fort Bragg, N.C. as well as Landstuhl and Baumholder, Germany with three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. She is the beloved mother of five children and lives in Texas with her loving husband. She also has the best adopted hermano anyone could ask for.