Location: Los Angeles, CA.
What led to homelessness: schizoaffective disorder.
Housing First agency: Step Up.
Notable: now works full-time at Step Up where he founded the Computer Learning Center.
Our favorite quote: "Throw out the idea..."

Location: Milwaukee, WI.
What led to homelessness: addiction due to childhood trauma.
Housing First agency: Milwaukee County Housing First.
Our favorite quote: "I try now to give back."

Location: Los Angeles, CA.
What led to homelessness: schizoaffective disorder.
Housing First agency: Step Up.
Notable: now works full-time at Step Up where he founded the Computer Learning Center.
Our favorite quote: "The big part is getting a home..."

Location: Los Angeles, CA.
What led to homelessness: the Great Recession and mental illness.
Housing First agency: LA Family Housing.
Notable: works as notary public and serves as a CSH Speak Up! Advocate.
Our favorite quote: "If a homeless person could help themselves, they wouldn't be homeless."

Location: Boston, MA.
What led to homelessness: addiction due to childhood trauma.
The Housing First agency: Pine Street Inn.
Notable: co-founded Safe and Sound Recovery Center.
Our favorite quote: "I tell my story because I know my story is someone else's story."

Location: Gloucester, MA.
What led to homelessness: addiction due to childhood over-prescribed ADD meds.
Length of homelessness: 13 years.
Housing First agency: Action Inc.
Our favorite quote: "You have to feel like you're worth something..."

Location: Gloucester, MA.
What led to homelessness: abusive relationship.
Length of homelessness: one year.
Housing First agency: Housing First program for families through the Gloucester Housing Authority.

Location: Los Angeles, CA.
What led to homelessness: schizoaffective disorder.
Housing First agency: Step Up.
Notable: now works full-time at Step Up where he founded the Computer Learning Center.
Our favorite quote: "I am not a miracle."

Location: Los Angeles, CA.
What led to homelessness: addiction due to medical injury.
Housing First agency: Skid Row Housing Trust.
Notable: studying to be a medical assistant and serves as a CSH Speak Up! Advocate.

Location: Los Angeles, CA.
What led to homelessness: schizophrenia.
Housing First agency: Downtown Women's Center.
Notable: serves as a CSH Speak Up! Advocate.
Our favorite quote: "That homeless person you're afraid of that is...