In the Press

Recent Media

Articles Written By Me

• CNN.com: Discover the Joy of Helping Others | 12/24/2010
• Global Grind: Trapped Inside My Humvee and Burning Alive | 11/11/2010

Media Coverage

• The Hollywood Reporter: Michelle Obama Speaks at Hollywood Guild Event Moderated by J.J. Abrams | 06/13/2011
• Fox News: Wounded Veterans Share Stories with Students, Community | 05/29/2011
• Soldiers' Magazine: From Hospital to Hollywood | 02/01/2011
• Fox 11 News LA: Actor, Soldier, Inspiration — Video | 12/16/2010
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: In an Instant, Their Faces Were Gone | 07/25/2010
• NY Daily News: Fire Victims Find A Way to Smile | 08/28/2009
• VFW: Iraq Vet Turns Personal Pain into Positive Experience — PDF | 04/01/2009
• CNN.com: Wounded vet goes from 'life slipping away' to soap opera star | 02/23/2009
• NY Daily News: TV Role's All Too Real to Iraq War Veteran J.R. Martinez | 01/11/2009
• Dalton Daily Citizen: Martinez' character on soap opera runs parallel to his life | 11/14/2008
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: All his pain inspires "All My Children" | 11/11/2008
• People magazine: The War in Iraq Five Years Later | 03/31/2008
• Washington Post: Seeing Past the Scars of Battle | 10/24/2004