HannibalofBarca

I had never met my father before. And my mother died right before I turned 19. Since I was an adult the government offered me no support. So I took the rest of the money from her bank account and bought a car with it where I lived for about 9 months.

I overcame it slowly step by step. Being a cancer researcher wasn't my goal. I first started working at a fast food restaurant. I would bathe in the sink of a coffee shop every morning before work. But I got fired for being unsanitary. [I had caught bronchitis from eating at homeless shelters.]

Someone at a local boys & girls club heard my story and knew that I was talented in music and gave me a stable job as a music teacher. I worked there for 2 and a half years. I went back to school to study music but then changed to Biochemistry. I had excellent grades and then applied for internships in 2012.

I was rejected 8 times before I got offered a nearly $8,000 package to do research at the #7 School of Pharmacy in the world. University of Michigan.

Then this summer I signed up for an internship at Lawrence Berkeley Labs and was accepted.

1. Reside downtown. Thats where most of the resources tend to be.
2. Get in contact with social workers. Go to their stupid meetings.
3. See this as a period in your life rather than who youwill be for the rest of your life.
   
4. Find a place to hide your stuff.
5. You might have to jump through people's hoops to get what you want, but don't ever do anything that will cause you to lose respect for yourself.
6. As long as you'll respect yourself, you'll find a way out.
7. Dumpster Dive Bakeries! Grocery stores too but bakeries and donut shops often through out a lot of food.
8. If you're dumpster diving try keep an eye out for hygiene products.
9. Try to buy a bag to clothes in.
10. Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you're hopeless and if you can survive this you can get through anything.
11. Bathe in local beaches, public restrooms.
12. A little coffee helps fight appetite.
13. Tell everyone your story, this is most likely what will get you out of your situation.
14. If you are not homeless yet but think you may become homeless the most important things you can bring or get are, bags, locks, hygiene & grooming products, any nice clothes for job interviews, AND A BLANKET . The bag can also make a good pillow.
15. If people offer to let you stay at your house try to not stay there for more than two nights. Try to find people's houses to rotate at.

Lol directed by Michael Bay

thank you very much!!!

If you do classical music or jazz improvisation its a lot different than any other music. It requires tons of hard work and discipline. Tons of practice. Studying music changed my attitude on school. It wasn't until I became a musician that I actually studied outside of school.