Taryn Davis is Founder & Executive Director of the American Widow Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing military widows with the opportunity to heal together, ?Military Widow to Military Widow.? After losing her husband when she was 21 years old, Taryn connected with women across the country to share their stories of love and loss and survival. The connections she made led her to create a documentary, website, and non-profit organization to provide support for women like herself. Today, Taryn?s American Widow Project has served over 1,100 women. Taryn was named one of Newsweek?s ?150 Women Who Shake the World?, a Top 10 CNN Hero, L?Oreal?s National Woman of Worth, and is a VH1?s Do Something Award Recipient.

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