ARMY RESERVE LIEUTENANT COLONEL RUTH CASTRO AND HER DAUGHTER JAELENE

Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neill will iinterview ARMY RESERVE LIEUTENANT COLONEL RUTH CASTRO AND HER DAUGHTER JAELENE.

LTC Ruth Castro was born in Toledo, OH and raised in St. James, MN and La Victoria, TX. She enlisted in the Minnesota National Guard, as a Private First Class in 1999, serving in St. Paul as a personnel services specialist in the Adjutant General Corps. In 2003, after receiving a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice at Texas A&M, she was commissioned into the AG Corps as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve. Her first officer assignment was with the 345th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in San Antonio, TX.

JAELENE CASTRO

Jaelene is currently an 8th grade student in Manassas, VA. She is the oldest of four children. She plays the flute in her school band, participates in Heart & Sole program in her middle school and is currently taking her love for horses to a new level by learning how to ride horses. Jaelene volunteers at her church to help with the pre-school classroom and is actively involved in her church’s youth group. She is a black belt in Taekwondo and member of the CIT (Certified Instructor Training) program at her DoJo. Jaelene teaches Taekwondo once a week at her DoJo and assists other instructors as needed. Jaelene is the reigning United States of America’s Teen District of Columbia 2022, a title she won alongside