Samantha Kubek of the NY Legal Assistance Group discusses MST

March 30, 2019
7:22 am

Blog Talk Radio

Samantha Kubek is an Equal Justice Works Fellow at New York Legal Assistance Group’s Legal Health Division. Samantha’s focus is on helping female veterans access VA health care and benefits. She has widely written and spoken on military sexual trauma known as MST. Samantha received her J.D. from the New York University School of Law and earned her B.A. from Georgetown University. She talks with host Jim Fausone on these topics for which she is a passionate advocate.

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Originally published in Blog Talk Radio on March 30, 2019.

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