Ruth Messerschmidt is anything but average. The fact that she’s a single mother raising three young daughters is impressive enough. But she is also a Master Sergeant in the Air Force.
If there’s one thing that’s been a constant in 60-year-old Cheng Chen’s life, it’s change. In the 1980s, Cheng’s family immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan. Five years later, Cheng completed his mandatory service in the Taiwan Navy and joined his family in Odessa, Texas.