What's Your Shift!

Vanessa had to leave, real life happening, had to pick up daughter from school. Jessica and I finished the episode with some history and food for thoughts.Each episode end with an ask from the community which will be elaborated more throughout our work. Community building is what we are here to do.  Everyone will have a seat at the table.

🎙️ What's Your Shift — Episode 1: "Where We've Been & Where We're Going"Hey, I'm Natalie — welcome to the very first episode of What's Your Shift. I co-host this show with Vanessa and Jessica, three women who have all lived through homelessness right here in San Diego, California. No experts. No talking heads. Just real lived experience.We were three minutes in when Vanessa's dog Diesel — this little Toto looking dog — bit me. We kept it. Every second. That's the kind of show this is.This episode we spotlight our cohost Jessica — her journey through homelessness in San Diego and what it looks like to step into a professional role inside the very system she once had to survive. She gets profiled in that role. She talks about it out loud. And it's something you need to hear.I also get into my Emergency Housing Voucher — the EHV that gave me stable housing after years on the streets. And the fact that funding gets cut in fall 2026. That's not a distant policy problem. That's my life, right now.We wrapped up faster than planned because Jessica's service dog Lucius — a big beautiful Staffordshire bully — had somewhere more important to be. Nature called and Lucius was not waiting.Two dogs, three cohosts, zero regrets.This is Episode 1. We're just getting started."We're not experts. We're evidence."