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June 6, 2016 by poverty2professional
Writing a personal statement for college, but don’t know where to start? Look no further!
Category: Homeless in High School
| Tags: advice, college access, guide to homelessness, higher education, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, surviving homelessness
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May 31, 2016 by poverty2professional
When life is anything but, what becomes your new “normal”?
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: guide to homelessness, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless family shelter, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, surviving homelessness, teen homelessness
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May 25, 2016 by poverty2professional
When you take the plunge, go with the flow.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Homeless in High School
| Tags: college access, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, shelters, surviving homelessness
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May 12, 2016 by poverty2professional
Blogging in real time, Kristen Smith has had to navigate homelessness as a single mother with two daughters.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness
| Tags: family shelter, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless mothers, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional
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May 1, 2016 by poverty2professional
The life-blood of any nonprofit worth its salt is its community of volunteers. Volunteers are the folks who embody the …
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Category: Homeless in High School
| Tags: college access, higher education, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, shelters, volunteers
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April 26, 2016 by poverty2professional
No Net, no printers, but I wasn’t about to be inconvenienced out of applying to college.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Homeless in High School
| Tags: higher education, homeless and tech, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, homelessness and technology, surviving homelessness, tech for homeless
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April 19, 2016 by poverty2professional
Being homeless, I never told anyone where I studied. I let them assume I had a desk, Wikipedia, and stuff like everyone else.
Category: Homeless in High School
| Tags: advice, college access, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional
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April 11, 2016 by poverty2professional
If you’re poor you get two free shots at the SAT. And then you realize you’re missing your student ID.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness, Homeless in High School
| Tags: college access, high school, higher education, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, poverty to professional, SAT, standardized testing, surviving homelessness
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March 21, 2016 by poverty2professional
Teenagers are recommended 9+ hours of sleep a night. But I was a homeless teenager. 9 hours doesn’t happen.
Category: Understanding Homelessness
| Tags: college access, health, homeless blog, homeless families, homeless teenager, homelessness, mental health, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, shelters, sleep, surviving homelessness
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March 14, 2016 by poverty2professional
If homelessness is a burning house, sickness is the gasoline.
Category: Experiencing Homelessness
| Tags: healthcare, homeless blog, homeless families, homelessness, overcoming homelessness, poverty to professional, surviving homelessness