I spoke up right away sharing of my cousin who could not work due to mental illness. This was the only experience I had personally with homelessness. My perspective of homelessness was that it was mostly a result of mental illness. Quickly after I had spoken, Diana began to speak her mind. To her, homelessness was a big problem economically. People losing their jobs, people who are working paycheck to paycheck to paycheck living on thin ice, and minimum wage being too low. This made me realize how broad homelessness really was. It was a result of so many different problems, and you can just find one solution to it all. As Diana, my other partner (Olivia), and I opened each others eyes, we began to piece together a presentation that addressed as many aspects of homelessness that we could think