StoryCorps Interviews

“I Was Getting Ready to Have a Baby, and I Didn’t Have a Home”

“You were faced with a decision that no mom should be having to make.” During this conversation with Argelia Grassfield, her supervisor and “guardian angel,” Gina Enochs describes the day she realized… [More]

“None of Us Are Choosing to Be Out There”

“I was on the street with kids that were magnificent.” At age 13, Izeekiel Lundsten fled violence and sexual abuse at home, and ended up on the streets of Seattle. Thirty years… [More]

Photography Was Teen’s Guiding Light Through Homelessness and Depression

Homelessness “kind of ruined the thought of childhood for me,” 19-year-old Taylor Henson tells his friend Chelsea Lindquist. When Taylor was a tween, his family became homeless after his mom left the… [More]

For Mother of Six, Discrimination Is Hardest Part of Homelessness

“I was a single mom, I had six kids, everyone looked at me as if I was going to just take their property and trash it,” says Dawnell Lewis. Dawnell is a… [More]

“We Had to Tell Her About Santa”: Homeless Parents Face Impossible Choices

“It was just kind of hard to explain how Santa might not be able to find us in the hotel,” Lawrence Charles says, recalling the moment when he and his wife, Andrea,… [More]

Even in Toughest Times, Mom Remains Young Man’s “Superhero”

“She’s like MacGyver. She figures out every way, anything to do to make sure that we’re OK with any situation, even when we were homeless,” says 18-year-old Kentrall Kelly as he describes… [More]

“I Work as Hard as I Can”: Single Mom Challenges Stereotypes of Homelessness

“I’ve never been to jail. I don’t do drugs, I don’t drink. I don’t even go on dates. I sit at home, and I take care of my son, and I go… [More]

Once Homeless, Family Feels “Blessed To Wake Up Another Day”

“I remember going to REI and looking at tents that would hold a family of five,” says Sherry Gilliard to her husband, Franklin. The Gilliards never thought they’d experience homelessness. Then the… [More]

It’s Impossible to Do Homework While Living in a Car

“I try to go to the library to do my homework, but sometimes that’s just kind of impossible. Like, we’re not near one or we don’t have enough gas to get to… [More]

StoryCorps Interviews

“I Was Getting Ready to Have a Baby, and I Didn’t Have a Home”

“None of Us Are Choosing to Be Out There”

Photography Was Teen’s Guiding Light Through Homelessness and Depression

For Mother of Six, Discrimination Is Hardest Part of Homelessness

“We Had to Tell Her About Santa”: Homeless Parents Face Impossible Choices

Even in Toughest Times, Mom Remains Young Man’s “Superhero”

“I Work as Hard as I Can”: Single Mom Challenges Stereotypes of Homelessness

Once Homeless, Family Feels “Blessed To Wake Up Another Day”

It’s Impossible to Do Homework While Living in a Car

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