Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Street Sense Media artist/vendor Aida Peery grew-up in Chicago, IL and Washington, DC. She studied networking and information systems at Strayer University, after which she worked for the Department of Defense for five years. She is now an artist/vendor and vendor program associate at Street Sense Media. She started working with Street Sense Media ten years ago and has continued her work both selling papers and advancing to the role of vendor program associate, as well. Her work with Street Sense Media was integral to journey out of being unhoused. Peery was interviewed May 5, 2022 by fellow Artist/Vendor Jacqueline Turner as part of Street Sense Media’s Oral History Project, “In Our Own Voices: Artist/Vendors 2003-2023.”