Veterans Resource Center at UC Riverside.
In the last few years, I have been collaborating with Tami Thacker, the Director at the Veterans Resource Center
at UC Riverside, CA as we film Veteran Stories at the VRC.
These are the videos we have created in the last few months.
Tami Thacker, Sheryl Shaffer and VHVtv Intern Amaris Orozco.
Some of our interviews that we filmed in the last few months are in post production
and we have plans for more Veteran Stories to tell this year!
Thank You Co-Producer Armaris Orozco.
Here is our first Veteran Story in 2026.
This VHVtv interview is with Tami Thacker and Kevin Brooks and was filmed at the VRC.
Tami and Kevin are all about creating successful employment and business opportunities for Veterans.
Photo taken at the VetExpo in Murrieta, CA.
While at the Vet Expo in Murrieta, we filmed this interview with
Larock Benford, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major(R).
He presents the Southwest Riverside County Marine Corps League Detachment 1057.
Here is a recent video we made at the Vet Expo in Moreno Valley on Oct. 2, 2025
It is about US Marine Corps Veteran Karen Hooper.
This interview is with the
VA Women Veteran’s Program Manager,
Rocio Porras, FMC-BC at the VA Loma Linda, CA.
This VHVtv segment is about Lisa Roybal, a U.S. Navy Nurse Corps(R) Veteran and
actively involved in the AMVETS One Tour and participates in the AMVETS Post 77, Loma Linda, Ca.
She lives a life of serve for the Veteran Community.
The second interview is with Ralph Watkins of U.S. VETS in the Inland Empire.
This interview is with Phyllis Thomas Miller, a U.S. Navy Veteran and her beautiful art.
The next video interview is with U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Julie Franco and Founder of Gunny Gear.
Ralph Figueroa, Tami Thacker and Sheryl Shaffer, VHVtv Producer.
Ralph Figueroa is interviewed by Tami Thacker at the UC Riverside Veterans Resource Center.
Ralph was the National Student Veteran of the Year in 2024 and advises other student veterans to get involved in the SVA.
VHVtv is now Veterans Helping Veterans TV Podcasts.Our YouTube handle is @VhvtvOrg
VETART, the Veterans Art Project and Veterans Helping Veterans TV Podcasts work together to create veteran stories.
We interview Veteran Artists at the VetArt Cafe events in California and at the ceramics studio.
They tell their personal stories of recovery and healing from military trauma by creating
some form of Art, painting, ceramics, spoken word performances and fashion design.
The VetArt, the Veterans Art Project Ceramics Studio and videos were made at the VetArt Studio in Vista, CA
Meet the ARTISTS:
https://www.vetart.org/meet-the-artists
Last year, I have filmed some interviews at the VETART Ceramics Studio in Vista, CA.
VETART Interview with Steven Macks Dilley, the Founder and Executive Producer of VetArt,
the Veterans Art Project and tells us the story and impact of the Veteran Art Project, VETART.
Here are some VETART Interviews about how creating art helps dealing with military trauma. These are powerful and inspiring Veteran Stories!
Filmed 4 interviews with veterans & supporters who create a unique collaborative project of a community totem pole for VetArt and
the Posts for the Peace and Justice Project.
Featuring Kira Carrillo Corser, the Founder of the Posts for the Peace and Justice Project,
Mike Ortiz, U.S.Navy Veteran, Kelly Cardinell, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, and
Steven Macks Dilley, the Founder and Executive Director of VetArt, the Veterans Art Project.
“Resilient Voices: Veterans Story Telling For Change”
Featuring these Veteran Artists:
Darron Devillez U.S. Navy,
Linda Moore U.S. Navy,
Kelly Cardinal U.S. Marine Corps,
Mike Ortiz, U.S. Navy,
Reginald “Reggie Green, U.S. Navy,
Chuy Fuentes U.S. Marine Corps,
Anthony “Tony” LoBue U.S. Army
and Omar Columbus, U.S. Air Force.
It was wonderful to return to filming interviews at the VetArt Pop-Up Arts Cafe in Escondido on July 4, 2025.
“VetArt PopUp Escondido, Veterans Tell Your Story!”
Featured in order of appearance, the Executive Director of VetArt, the Veterans Art Project Steve Dilley, Omar Columbus U.S. Air Force Veteran, Linda Moore U.S. Navy Veteran, Darron Devillez, VetArt Master of Ceremonies and U.S. Navy Veteran, Ivan Sam VetArt Cultural Ambassador and Land Acknowledgement and U.S. Navy Veteran, Jim Moreno U.S. Navy Veteran and
Reginald “Reggie” Green, VetArt Studio Ceramics Instructor and U.S. Navy Veteran.
It was great to return to the MidPen Media Center in Palo Alto, CA
My name is Sheryl Alexa Shaffer and I produce the Veterans Helping Veterans TV for the MidPen Media Center in Palo Alto, CA.
Thank You to Alan Zoraster, a U.S. Air Force Veteran and collaborator with VHVtv.
It was great to work with the Midpen Media Center Studio Manager Jeffrey Kologe.
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Here is the Midpen Media Center version of the program we created in the studio in Palo Alto on April 9, 2025.
VETArt, the Veterans Art Project and Veterans Helping Veterans TV
I travel with VetArt, the Veterans Art Project, and film interviews with Veteran Artists through the VetArt Pop Up Art Cafe’s since October 2022 in California.
These are interviews with U.S. Military Veterans who tell us their story of discovering they had artistic abilities and how they over come military trauma through creativity.
“VetArt, the Veterans Art Project, the PopUp Art Cafe’s Veteran Stories”
The guests featured in this episode are:
Darron Devillez, Carolina Hernandez, Anthony “Tony” LoBue, Reginald “Reggie” Green and Dave Fernandes.
VetArt studio 2025
Steve Dilley and Sheryl Shaffer
