b'IRENEIn Her Own WordsI used to get up very early every morning so I could find a shower andMy first time ever being homeless I ended up on skid row.look presentable to look for work.Getting out of there and back into the workforce was a mission. I used to get up very early every morning so I could find a shower and look presentable to look for work. People would say you dont look homeless but I was.Being in this program helped me get out of that cycle and off the streets. I tell myself every morning, this is only temporary, I am coming back to my life. I am now going to school to be a preschool teacher.'