James Hatch

Former Navy Seal & Current Yale Student

“My own story & my struggles with mental health issues after I was wounded”

James Served in the US Navy for 25 years, 11 months. 22 of those years in the SEAL Teams. He was wounded in combat on a mission to rescue an American hostage in 2009. He started a 501c3 in 2014 which has raised over $3 million dollars and has assisted working K9’s in 49 states and the U.S. Military. James co-authored an autobiography titled “Touching the Dragon.” He was accepted at Yale in 2019 through the Eli Whitney program and wrote a very popular essay titled “My Semester with the Snowflakes” at the end of his first semester.