Following his retirement from the Army in 2013, Sven Olson spent years as a volunteer with the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a nonprofit that supports active duty military service members and veterans. But by 2019, he needed to take advantage of their programs himself.
A move from Tucson, Arizona, to nearby Phoenix left Olson searching for work in an unfamiliar city, and he decided to tap into the program he’d long enjoyed supporting as a peer support leader and event organizer. Now, as a participant in WWP’s Warriors to Work program, he had access to job-hunting education, counseling, and help overcoming any limitations that may negatively impact his well-being.
