
File Photo by Jeremy Lange
When she was forced to leave the ROTC program, Isaacson worked at Borders until it shut shop. She now is filling in for an employee on maternity leave at the Medical Foundation of North Carolina as major gifts coordinator.
She hasn't stayed in touch with the current cadets, though she knows most of the seniors and juniors, and hopes she'll be welcomed back in January.
“It wasn't me quitting on my commitment to the military,” she said of her decision to come out. “That's something I've always held on to and valued and wanted to fulfill. I just wanted to fulfill it with integrity.”