![]() It's crazy to think that I'm able to pay for my education and all of my future goals because of joining the Army Reserve and because of being Miss Idaho. Besides my mortgage right now, I'm completely debt free. I have also still been able to serve my country. While I am still a student at Idaho State University, I'm actually running several non-profits. But, now I know that being visible like this means that I won't be the last. I have logged well over 8,000 hours of community service and I still also was able to drill with my unit, and The Army Reserve has really helped me be able to say that I was the first. I traveled to at least one different state every month in the last year. ![]() I was the first to still be working full-time while also serving the state of Idaho. When I was actually the first Mexican-American Miss Idaho. I grew up with just my mom and I don't come from a lot of money in my family, so I knew that I needed to find a way to support myself. So, I wanted to join the Army Reserve to not only grow within myself, but also show other people what it takes to be a leader, to be a soldier, and to really serve other people. It makes - it makes it feel like your life has purpose. And there’s no better feeling than having done that. Like it’s my dream! And everybody, in life, wants to accomplish their dream. Getting that call from my agent is - it’s one of the best days. “Hey, Sergeant McDonald, did you hear about this?” So I think they really want me to succeed. ![]() And if there are jobs that come down the chain, they’ll always push it. McDonald: I think my chain of command is really pushing for me to succeed in the acting world. I just fell into those niches, because those were the things that I did naturally, in my training in the military. Like, by default, I became a stunt actress - and fitness. McDonald: Being in the Reserve, as an actor, is perfect for me, because it insures that there’s always money coming in. Because on the civilian side, I’m an actress. My civilian life and my military life always goes together. So telling their story kind of makes me feel like I’m giving something back, more than just being a soldier. And telling service members’ stories kind of give me the chance to do tha‑- You know, everyone is so interesting, in their own way. I love to kind of gauge and interact and figure out the way people think. Anything that has a military tie‑in, we tell a story about it. We tell other service members’ stories, about their deployments, about their life. I’m the Broadcast NCOIC at the 222nd Broadcast Operations Detachment.
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