VETERANS GAMING & MENTAL HEALTH MISSION
NON-PROFIT 501(C) 3
About Us
Our team is on a mission that has no paywall or exclusionary practices. We have immediate crisis intervention resources at hand. Through gaming we find healing & comradery to give veterans a new lease on life.
"Awareness Is not Enough, It's Time To Take Action" -- Fighting on the frontlines of mental health to proactively prevent Veteran suicides.
Our Leaders
Committed to the Cause
Coming together from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences, our skilled team of professionals is the backbone of Veterans' Gaming & Mental Health Mission. Their ideas help shape the direction and mission of our organization as it continues to develop. Read on to learn more about some of our incredible team members.
President & Executive Director
Kairi J. Sariah
Kairi is a USAF Intelligence Veteran and the Founder, President, and Executive Director of Veterans Gaming and Mental Health Mission. She truly believes that love for your fellow human can and will change the world. Follow her on Twitter to stay up to date on the latest news and resources @realKairi
Assistant to The Director
Jessica Holder
Jessica "Star" Holder is the Assistant to the Director of Veterans Gaming and Mental Health and is a strong believer in our mission. Star's service comes in the form of being a loving wife to an Air Force Veteran, and mom to 2 German Shepherds. She finds joy and healing in reading, painting, and gaming together with friends. She has a servants heart along with a bachelors degree in psychology which has helped her find her passion and place here at VGMH.
Director, Detachment 2 - VGMH Gaming & Streaming
Edwin Mendoza
President and CEO of MyWayGaming, as well as serving as Director for Detachment 2, Edwin is dedicated to giving back as much as he is dedicated to being a father to his children. Instilled with a passion for gaming and growing together, he is a vital asset to the organization and leading our Gaming/Streaming Detachment to even greater heights!
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Travis Goodson, Ph.D, M.A., B.S
Dr. Goodson not only serves Veterans Gaming & Mental Health Mission but also currently serves in the Georgia National Guard as a commissioned officer. His knowledge, dedication, intellect, and experience has made many things possible, including the operation coming to fruition from concept to reality.
Director, Detach 1 - MST & PTSD Support
Tyler W. Christian
Coming Soon.
Director of Marketing
Alex "SergeantMurica" Castro
Coming Soon.
Our Founder
Kairi J. Sariah
On December 21, 2020, Kairi had effectively decided to end her life. She took a presumably loaded gun, put it to her mouth and pulled the trigger. For reasons still unknown, that gun never fired. After that fateful moment she decided to embark on a journey of the mind in hopes of finding what we all strive for: healing.
Knowing the pain first hand and how bad the "suck" feels when it sucks, she decided to begin a career streaming on Twitch. While she was figuring out the world of streaming, she realized that the more she started to be her true self with no act to put on, the more people seemed to flock to the channel and connect with her. Over the course of a year Kairi dove deep into the world of mental health on a journey to finally learn who she was and to make sense of her mind. Candidly and openly—good or bad—she explored her mind to find healing. Only to prove that if she could do it, so could anyone.
Never in a million years did she expect to be the founder, President and Executive Director of anything, especially a nonprofit organization that is saving and changing lives. She openly admits there are so many things she doesn't know and so many times that she didn't know what she was doing in life, but she knows one thing for sure: that when it comes to mental health and her brothers and sisters in arms, she will give it her all and try her best to continue helping those in need. To read more of her candid journey click the link below.
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