Five years ago, Amber Lucky was 28 years old, pregnant with her first daughter and homeless. Today, Lucky lives with her two daughters in a townhome and has started her career as a property manager, all while working through the death of her husband and her struggle with substance abuse.
How does someone not only survive such a daunting situation, but eventually thrive? It takes a village’s worth of resources — in Lucky’s case, the support of Father Joe’s Villages, a homeless center based in San Diego that provides everything from healthcare and child care to housing, education and employment programs.
