Real Stories: Meet Brianna

by Mark Horvath · 2009-03-16 11:20:00 UTC
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Brianna is a 24 year old woman. For the past 12 days, she has lived with her dog in a small RV community in a Wal-Mart parking lot. I connected with Brianna via social media; she started to follow me on Twitter and I began reading her blog regularly (I highly recommend you check it out).

Brianna's strength and determination encouraged me, but having experienced homelessness myself, I knew deep down she was scared. The day before I was there she found a job, yet still has a long battle to go. Saving money while living without a home is nearly impossible. Plus, working homeless sometimes have to live two lives out of fear their employer or co-workers will find out about their situation.

Brianna is an amazing woman and I am in awe of her courage and her openness to talk about how her own homelessness has changed her.

Brianna from invisible people on Vimeo.

Mark Horvath is an activist for the homeless. He vlogs at invisiblepeople.tv and blogs at hardlynormal.com. He was formerly homeless in Hollywood.
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