Patricia (Patricia Fortunato-Mercado) from Grahamsville, New York
Marine
and
Patricia lives in upstate New York with her husband, Jimmy. She has three sons. She
has
been a military mom since 2012. Two of her sons joined the Army and are now
veterans. Her
youngest son decided he wanted to join the Marine Corps. In his senior year of high
school,
he came home one day with a recruiter so she could sign for him because he was
only 17.
After graduation, he left for boot camp and graduated Parris Island in 2018, and he
is still
serving. Patricia runs a small farm in the Catskills Mountains in New York. She
raises dairy
goats, sheep, and cows. Patricia also has horses and a llama to guard them all.
Patricia
makes cheese, soap, and other products from the milk she gets from the animals.
She has
four grandchildren that she loves to spend time with and teach them how to care for
all the
animals.
Patricia decided to volunteer for Marine Parents when her nephew joined the
Marines and
was reminded of all the help she had gotten from Marine Parents all these years.
She wants
to give help to others in return.
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