Meet the Founders

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  • Founder

    It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • Dr. Haana Deickman is the founder of Empowered Mosaic, a nonprofit dedicated to helping veterans and their families restore, reconnect, and rebuild their well-being through nature-based and trauma-informed experiences. She is a former Army wife and longtime educator with over 20 years of service to students, families, and communities. Haana has led schools across multiple settings, and her work in culturally responsive leadership has influenced practices in every sector she’s touched.

    Her experience navigating her husband Jeff’s military service—and the career-ending injury that reshaped their family’s life—connected her to a nonprofit that stepped in during a critical moment. That support became the spark for Empowered Mosaic and her commitment to creating meaningful, healing spaces for the veteran community.

    Her mission is simple:
    create spaces where veterans and their families feel supported, seen, and strengthened.