I grew up in Oregon and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area after getting a degree in electrical engineering at Oregon State. I’ve lived in the Bay Area all of my working life and in Mountain View since 2002 and I absolutely love what California and our special region in the bay have to offer. After a successful 30 year career in technology, most recently with Apple, I realized that my passion was not in technology, but in helping my coworkers fix problems and teaching them how to do it themselves. With that insight, I decided to take the risky and unusual leap to step away from my job and find a better way to pursue my passion.
Mental health and drug abuse issues make it hard for individuals to transition to a housed situation successfully. Those issues must be addressed along with access to available and affordable housing. We should support and expand organizations like LifeMoves to manage those experiencing homelessness by providing a temporary place to call home with intensive, customized case management through site-based programs and community outreach.