Being homeless was always an issue that I wanted to help with, because of some of my closest friends going through it I have grown to understand the severity of it. When I was in elementary I lived in the projects, as I was living there I had a neighbor named Leonel (but everyone called him Leo) he was an awesome person. He always came over and we would go to the playground, but then his father was let go from his job and they couldn’t afford to live in their house anymore. I did not know it at the time, but he had become homeless. A few months after he was evicted I saw his family asking for money on the streets. I told my parents to help and we let them sleep at our house until they could get back on their feet. Ever since that I have always
