Kelsey Pimentel
Meet Kelsey Pimentel. She is a manager of Youth Leadership at Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco. With a degree in psychology, Kelsey aims to empathize with the unhoused youth homeless population. Larkin Street creates individualized plans for the 1400+ youth homeless they have served. Kelsey talks about NIMBY, political advocacy, and the wide […]
Terry Allebaugh
Meet Terry Allebaugh. He is an adjunct professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. He also founded Housing for New Hope in Durham, North Carolina. Terry highly values affordable housing and has been a strong advocate for change within local and federal politics. Terry shares an outside perspective on California’s homelessness […]
Melissa Platte
Meet Melissa Platte. She is the executive director at the Mental Health Association of San Mateo County. Her organization provides services to homeless individuals who are experiencing mental health issues. She elaborates how mental health is very closely related to substance abuse issues, and how being homelessness only exacerbates people’s mental conditions. I hope you […]
Bart Charlow
Meet Bart Charlow. He is the CEO of Samaritan House in San Mateo county. Samartian House prides themselves in their housing first approach and the individualized programs they offer. Bart is an expert on zoning and mental health policies; he dispels some misconceptions and also offer solutions regarding these issues. Watch the interview to learn […]
Esteban Cortez
We interview Esteban Cortez from Raphael House in San Francisco. Raphael House has been a homeless shelter in SF for over 50 years. Learn how Covid-19 not only impacted the operations of this shelter but also affected families and individuals experiencing homelessness here. In addition, understand the system for housing the homeless in the […]
