Lorna Mae Devera, United States Navy Veteran, 9/11 Never Forget

Lorna Mae Devera, United States Navy Veteran, 9/11 Never Forget

September 9, 2026 · 20 min

Lorna Mae Devera, was born in Oakland, California, and raised in Hayward by her parents, Leonardo and Felipa (Naparota) Devera, emigrants from the Visayan Islands, Philippines. She broke from cultural expectations and moved to San Diego to pursue college, forged her own path, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1993 through the Sea Air Mariner program as an undesignated Seaman Recruit.

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