When I’m not speaking at colleges and universities around the country, mentoring underprivileged kids, lobbying on the Hill, working my regular night job with a subcontractor, making media appearances, training new vendors, or serving on the vendor advisory team, you can find me selling and promoting Street Sense at 17th and L St. NW in the District.
I have found Street Sense to be a terrific vehicle for giving back what was given to me: a way out of homelessness. In 2003, I stayed at the Central Union Mission where I joined Street Sense and the National Coalition for the Homeless. As I enter my tenth year as an advocate, I would like to thank many of my customers and colleagues for their support and wish them well during this holiday season.
I enjoy spending my free-time, which is a luxury, with my family in Southern Maryland. My latest poetry book, “Arugula Salad and Other Food for Thought,” is still being finalized, but if you wish to purchase my previous work you can find “Street Verses: Poems by the Homeless Writers and Vendors of Street Sense,” on Amazon.com. I would be happy to autograph your copy of the book.
