Channel: America's Navy

Category: Education

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Description: For Commander Kristel O’Cañas, the path to leadership wasn’t easy, but that didn’t stop her from making her name mean Confidence. Explore her story: bit.ly/3pZtXC3 She never saw the point in fitting in—because she was born to stand out. In her hometown of Odem, Texas that is exactly what she did. Every day she learned to trust herself, to have an opinion and to try the tough stuff even if it scared her. Her training and career as a Navy Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer required rigorous study and powering through difficult jobs, but Kristel never backed down from a challenge. Now, as the Commanding Officer of the USS Whidbey Island, she empowers her crew with the same drive to be their best.