SURVIVAL AND RESILIENCE | Nikki Lozano

SURVIVAL AND RESILIENCE | Nikki LozanoNicole “Nikki” Lozano spent much of her life surviving before she ever understood what survival mode was.In Episode Ten of *Legendary Moments*, Nikki joins us for a deeply personal conversation about identity, family, loss, responsibility, motherhood, military service, and ultimately healing.The author of *Grit & Grind: A Veteran’s Journey to Healing* shares how a childhood marked by poverty, control, instability, and loss shaped the woman she became; how the Navy provided structure, belonging, and a place she could finally call home; and how surviving the October 12, 2000 terrorist attack on USS Cole changed that home forever.But USS Cole is only one chapter of Nikki's story.We explore the experiences that came before it, the life she built afterward, the responsibility she has carried for others since childhood, and the healing journey that began when she finally had the opportunity to stop surviving and start understanding herself.**This episode is dedicated to the memory of the 17 Sailors killed aboard USS Cole (DDG 67).***Fallen, but not forgotten. Fair winds and following seas.***Legendary Moments — Conversations Worth Sitting Down For**