A purposeful path: Veterans 1st Village cofounder to receive NWTC Soaring Recent Alumni Award

Gail Nohr is living her purpose.  

A 2021 graduate of NWTC’s Substance Abuse Counselor Education technical diploma and Human Services associate degree, Nohr is currently working at the Jackie Nitschke Center to earn her counseling license and is helping clients every day to recover from drug and alcohol addiction. Nohr will be honored with the 2024 Soaring Recent Alumni Award during NWTC Alumni Night on November 14.  

“I am making a difference in people's lives, and that is what I have always wanted to do,” said Nohr, who also has an NWTC degree in healthcare business services. “I have a greater purpose, in bringing people through their recovery and beyond.” 

Nohr is also impacting lives as cofounder of Veterans 1st Village in Green Bay, a 21 tiny home village being constructed by Veterans 1st of Northeast Wisconsin for veterans in need of supportive, affordable housing. Nohr, herself a Navy veteran, will assist residents who may be struggling with addiction. She will also serve as case manager, coordinating services from 75 partnering agencies for the veterans.  

“My training at NWTC has helped me with all my skills to make this dream a reality,” Nohr said of Veterans 1st Village. Her goals are to help save veteran residents’ lives and help them overcome military traumas they may have suffered in service to our country.  

“I will be helping them to become self-sufficient and able to purchase their own homes. That is my goal and my purpose in life thanks to NWTC,” said Nohr.