DeForrest (DeDe) Hancock is a senior native of San Diego and currently resides in City Heights. A member of Voices of Our City Choir, Voices of Dignity, HEAL-Homeless Experienced Advocacy Leadership, UCSF-Benioff Homeless Housing Initiative Lived Expertise Advisory Board and UCSD-HEAL Research Collaboration. Has anyone ever said to you, “When I grow up, I want to be homeless.” Homelessness is not a new issue but unfortunately a rapidly growing population in the United States today.