Homeless in San Diego

Joining CEO of Interfaith Community Services, Greg Anglea,  are 3 employees each with their own diverse careers and their take on the Point In Time Count. Throughout the podcast, we tackle essential questions, such as the motivation behind participating in the PITC, the personal experiences of those involved, and the impact of the count on our community. Discover the stories behind the statistics,...

Interfaith's podcast, 'Homeless in San Diego,' is making a grand return! Not only are we launching the first episode back with senior investigative reporter Lisa Halverstadt, but going forward each episode will have a video version. Lisa Halverstadt is a senior investigative reporter for Voice of San Diego who has been digging into the region's homelessness crisis for more than eight years. Join u...

Join us for a reflective journey in this special episode of "Homeless in San Diego: Real People, Real Stories" as we pay tribute to the late Peter Seidler. Your host, Greg Anglea, CEO of Interfaith Community Services, guides us through a poignant exploration of a past episode featuring Peter Seidler, Managing Partner of the San Diego Padres. In this thoughtful retrospective, we revisit the insight...

Scott  life had hit rock bottom. After serving in the Air Force and battling homelessness and addiction on the streets of San Diego, he felt trapped in despair. Yet, a glimmer of hope emerged when he realized he had the unwavering support of the VA. With nothing left to lose, he sought solace at the VA hospital, where he began his journey to recovery. During his time there, Aspell was informed a p...

Hugh Hughes is the president of Residency Apparel, a social enterprise using custom, branded apparel to support women transitioning into permanent housing in Los Angeles. For over the last ten years, Residency has worked with and alongside the unhoused population in LA, and they are able to fund that work through their donors and their clients that need their own branded merchandise. Their program...

We welcome back Lynn Solorzano, Founder and President of  Ashley's Hope .  Lynn started this non-profit in memory of her daughter, Ashley.  Ashley passed away after 8 years living on the streets of San Diego -- she was only 25.  The mission of Ashley's Hope is to provide people struggling with homeless-related issues dignity, respect and most importantly, hope.  Lynn is providing all Interfaith lo...

Rich has lived experience of homelessness and addiction. He is a former Marine, MMA, Fighter, and Police Officer whose life has not been easy. While dealing with trauma Rich turned to drugs as an escape from reality. Ultimately, he ended up homeless for 12 years. Since then, Rich has gone through programs and reflects on his journey to self-sufficiency and recovery. Rich has since then overcome ho...

Shannon came to interfaith through a referral to be part of our RWC Program (Recovery and Wellness). After successfully graduating from the program, she is now a live in Manager of a women's sober living home. Through the trials and tribulations of her life, Shannon has overcome homelessness, is sober, and lives a life to help others.  

We are happy to welcome back Mei. Mei inspires all of us at Interfaith.  In Mei's own words, she "suffered bouts of homelessness throughout her life and has managed to obtain secure housing and push forward through many years of trauma since childhood. " In 2020, Mei opened Daydream , a gift shop located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Escondido, and launched a separate line selling her handmade  "Hum...

Liz Rosas faced homelessness in San Diego for a year, from December 2013 to December 2014. Now, she actively advocates for others who are currently experiencing homelessness. She is a member of the Regional Task Force on Homelessness' Continuum of Care Advisory Board, representing those who are and were previously homeless. Additionally, she actively participates in the San Diego Housing Federatio...

Drew Moser is the Executive Director of the Lucky Duck Foundation, which raises money to fund, activate and lead high-impact programs that alleviate the suffering of homelessness throughout San Diego County. He has been in this role since early 2019. Drew is passionate about facilitating the generosity of donors who are committed to immediately helping those suffering from homelessness. He joins u...

Sunny Rey, was born into homelessness and dropped off in San Diego by her birth mom where her early experiences in foster care into adoption rooted her first musings as a writer at age 12. Growing up in the system with social workers ever present, Sunny found herself the rebel activist with a strong desire to build communities that combined art and a welcoming inclusive movement.   Sunny's early a...

Here to talk about their expertise with (tiny) Housing is Ellen Stone and Renee Seevers.   Ellen is the Founder and Managing Director of Tiny Home Central Consulting and Renee is the CEO of, the much anticipated, TinyFest .   Ellen and Renee partnered with Interfaith Community Services to bring you a showcase of "Tiny Homes" - an alternative, compact, and efficient way of living. Much can be said...

Holly Nelson serves as Housing and Neighborhood Services Manager for the City of Escondido.  She's also a friend and former employee of Interfaith. Holly began her career with us as a case manager and has shown an unrelenting commitment over the years to helping to secure housing and benefits to unsheltered members of our community. Please listen to our latest episode of Homeless in San Diego to l...

Marc is a Volunteer at Interfaith, who feels passionately about giving back to those in need. In his adventurous career he has worked in t elevision as a new reporter, and an entrepreneur in many fields of media entertainment. While perusing his ent repreneurship Marc found himself close to homelessness. Now Marc understand s how easily being homeless can happen and that it can happen to anyone. T...

Jimmy, came through Interfaith twice, and is now housed , sober, and working fulltime as an employee with the Union. In his story he shares that when facing homelessness, i t was difficult to accept help when it was o ffered , but through the endless efforts o f the Homeless Outreach team he accepted the help and got the help he needed.  Through his and trials and tribulations Jimmy has t urned hi...

Jimmy, came through Interfaith twice, and is now housed , sober, and  working fulltime as an employee with the Union. In his story he shares that when facing homelessness, i t was difficult to accept help when it was o ffered , but through the endless efforts o f the Homeless Outreach team he  accepted the help and got the help he needed.   Through his and trials and tribulations Jimmy has t urned...

Meet Pam! Pam has overcome adversity and is ready to help others do the same!   Pam is one of Interfaith's newest employees. Despite recently joining, she has had to become familiar with our motto of "helping people help themselves" long before she joined us. Adopted from the Philippines at an early age, Pam grew up in Fallbrook where she often felt isolated and without a real support system. At t...

We're taking a short recess in recording this week while we prepare for our Annual Meeting and Grand Opening of our Turk Recuperative Care Center on October 26 th .  This gives us the perfect opportunity to look back on a previous episode with Mauro a local artist and the visionary behind the largest mural in Escondido titled "Journey to Healing."  This mural will live on as a symbol of recovery f...

As we take a short break lets reflect on one of our most popular episodes. Please note new phone number is : 760.489.6380  Marlon is a Navy veteran from New Jersey. After serving for 20 years and being deployed to San Diego, he was able to retire in 2012. Yet, after being affected by an identity fraud scam, he was forced to come out of retirement and struggled financially. Fortunately, after conne...

Candi Milo is one of the busiest actresses in voice-overs today and is honored to have taken the mantle from the legendary late June Foray as the voice of Granny for all of Warner Brothers Animation projects. Milo is a successful actor and Annie Award nominee best known for voicing Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory and The Flea in Mucha Lucha, along with literally thousands of other well-known charact...

Amy Denhart is the Director of Funders Together to End Homelessness San Diego (FTEHSD) at Catalyst, where she supports FTEHSD's strategic grantmaking and advocacy in systems change and permanent housing opportunities to reduce homelessness.      For the past 22 years, Amy held positions in fundraising, public policy, and community engagement. During more than a decade as Director of Public Affairs...

At the University of Washington, Gregg enjoys teaching courses in housing, economics, and finance at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He maintains an active research agenda focused on housing policy, housing markets, housing affordability, and homelessness. Gregg is also actively engaged in a wide range of community efforts to address the acute housing crisis  

Anna is a licensed social worker and member of Interfaith's Homeless Outreach team, who works closely with Officer Ferry of the Oceanside Police Department's Homeless Outreach. The H.O.T. works closely with several service providers to help accomplish this goal by connecting these individuals with the various resources that are available to them to assist them in finding permanent housing .  

Dane White sees opportunities for helping one another through challenges and improving our local communities.  He joins us today sharing his very personal journey overcoming homelessness, addiction and mental health challenges.  Dane shares what always got him through the tough times was knowing someone loved him and cared.  Dane can trace his lineage in Escondido back for five generations and is...