Contributions by Katie Travis - TAPS Peer Mentor Manager Surviving partner of Sergeant Christian Hipsley

Finding My Place: A Story of Loss, Love, and Belonging

Katie Travis, surviving partner of Sergeant Christian Hipsley, shares her journey of invisible or "disenfranchised grief" after his death by suicide in 2014. Katie found deep healing, community, and purpose at a TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar four years later. She is now a TAPS staff member and peer mentor, dedicated to acknowledging every military survivor's loss.

4/24/2026 - Katie Travis - TAPS Peer Mentor Manager Surviving partner of Sergeant Christian Hipsley