Rochelle Walker, a Street Sense Media artist/vendor, shares her story about growing up in Washington, DC, going to Morgan State University and University of the District of Columbia for her associate’s degree in Early Childhood Development. She discusses how she worked in early childhood care for over 20 years, before becoming unemployed due to the pandemic. She lost her longtime housing, after her building was condemned. She found out about Street Sense Media through another vendor and has been working with the organization steadily since then. She also shares how So Others May Eat (SOME) helped her secure housing, once her building was condemned. You can watch Walker at Artshow 2022 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytjSSeZhFE. She's on at 6:13. Walker was  interviewed September 15, 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.”