About

Jackie Munn is an Army Brat, West Point graduate, former Army captain, and spouse of a former Green Beret.

The daughter of an Army Officer, she grew up all over the United States—New York, Colorado, Kansas, Alabama, Texas—and lived in Germany for nine years, over three separate tours (and no, sadly, she doesn’t remember any of the German she learned).

Her own time in service brought her to Iraq where she managed a supply warehouse; Washington, D.C., where she worked with wounded, injured, and ill soldiers; and Afghanistan, where she served as a Cultural Support Team leader with Special Forces.

After serving in the military—working with wounded soldiers and vulnerable women and children in Afghanistan—Jackie decided to pursue a career in healthcare. She was named a Pat Tillman Scholar in 2015; earned her master’s degree in nursing from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee; and became a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner in 2016.

Jackie’s passion for healthcare is rooted in providing empathetic care to predominately underserved and vulnerable populations. She has worked as a Primary Care Provider for school teachers, their families, and retirees in the greater Nashville area; as a Urgent Care and Pediatric Primary Care Provider in Northern Virginia; and most recently as a Public Health Clinician who served low-income and primarily immigrant families in Arlington County. She was also a frontline worker during the Covid-19 pandemic, serving as a contact-tracer, vaccinator, and inspector at long-term care facilities.

When not working, Jackie spends her time reading and writing. She was awarded a writing fellowship through the National Endowment for the Arts in 2019; the same year her NYT article became encouraged reading at the Pentagon, Special Operations Command, and applauded by former Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey.

She has two children and currently lives with them and her husband in Mexico City, Mexico.