“I appreciate you taking the time to listen”
Kenny showed me the numerous scars on his arms, they were self-mutilations going back to his childhood. He has been in and out of mental institutions ...
“I used to be an angry person”
I met Chris and his dog Echo at a park in Rowland Heights. Chris had a bad limp, he told me he injured it while train hopping. He’s originally from ...
From gangster, to social justice advocate.
When TC was a small child he was crying on the street alone. His father was in jail and his mother was in the hospital because his dad had beat her up...
He never had a family, but he found it on the streets.
The nightmares and flashbacks were so severe that he couldn’t function. Roy suffers from PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, as a result of ...
“When you give to others you get more in return”
As I was walking through Olvera Street, I see this old homeless man. He is shuffling along with his shopping cart, when this young man sitting at a re...
“I gotta improve myself everyday…”
“People think I am weird around here” he said with a laugh. Calvin likes greeting people on the street, by waving, giving a fist bump, or ...
“I am not living, I am just simply surviving right now”
He was reading a book on the steps under the shade. He had a welcoming smile and he asked me to sit with him. He was so articulate, well-read, and see...
He lost his sense of identity.
He dreamed of being a professional baseball player. He had the skills, the physical ability, the drive. That’s all he wanted to be. That’s...
He made dumpster diving into a science.
As I was skateboarding around downtown, I heard a familiar voice calling my name “John!” It was my friend Terrance whom I met in Skid Row ...
“I don’t want to feel pain and loneliness anymore.”
I saw her face light up and smile whenever she saw dogs. She would stop to pet them and give them a hug. “I love animals because they will never...