Keith

Keith has a master’s degree in clinical psychology and worked in the mental health field. His piece, “Skin Color in the Development of Identity”, was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Keith says his life fell apart due to bad decisions and substance use.

He lived in a park and moved around the city, ending up in a tent on the center strip of Huntington Boulevard in El Sereno, known as “the island.” Life on the island was a daily struggle with worries about where to go to the bathroom, shower, and wash up. Thanks to Project Homekey, Keith and about 100 other individuals moved off the island and into two hotels on the boulevard. He now has a room and bathroom of his own.