I am no stranger to struggle. Between 2018 and 2025, I lived with housing insecurity, moving through uncertainty while continuing to work, create, and show up for my community. When I finally secured a home of my own in 2025, it felt like stability, but also a huge responsibility. I promised myself I wouldn’t stop fighting for others still navigating the same systems.

During that time, I lost my soul cat, Davis Lake Jones (“Davi”), just months before finally securing permanent housing. The loss was devastating, but it was not only emotional. Housing instability forces impossible choices, and pets are often the first to be separated from the people who love them.

As I worked toward stability, I spent over a year searching for him, carrying the weight of losing him while trying to build a future that could hold us both. When I finally found him online and we were reunited, it felt like more than luck. It felt like proof that stability matters, that housing determines whether families can stay whole.

My experience with housing insecurity was never about a lack of effort or hard work. It was about systems that make stability fragile, even for people doing everything they’re supposed to do. This work sits where documentation, lived experience, and advocacy meet, with a focus on fair housing and keeping families and pets together.

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