How I Ended Up on Skid Row — Katy

Katy walks through the sequence of events — the decisions, circumstances, and failures of systems around her — that brought her to Skid Row, Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA, 2024. Featuring Katy, a woman. The how-I-got-here interview is the most important document the SWU archive produces.

Who: Katy, a woman living on Skid Row; interviewed by Mark Laita of Soft White Underbelly. Her background, age, and path to the street revealed through the interview

What: Katy walks through the sequence of events — the decisions, circumstances, and failures of systems around her — that brought her to Skid Row. The "how I ended up here" format is SWU at its most structured

Where: Skid Row, Los Angeles, CA

When: 2024

Why: The how-I-got-here interview is the most important document the SWU archive produces. Katy's story is not a mystery — it is a traceable chain of cause and effect that implicates systems, not just individuals.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJt4a7uNV-s

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