Monday, July 25, 2016

Homeless and hungry in college: Not just a 'ramen-noodle' problem

By Katy Murphy, kmurphy@bayareanewsgroup.com

Posted:   07/24/2016 03:28:11 PM PDT | Updated:   about 5 hours ago


LooLoo Amante, 21, a 2016 SJSU graduate, is currently homeless and living out of her car in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, July 8, 2016. Amante experienced
LooLoo Amante, 21, a 2016 SJSU graduate, is currently homeless and living out of her car in San Jose, Calif., on Friday, July 8, 2016. Amante experienced homelessness while attending San Jose State and she is again homeless while she waits to attend graduate school at USC in late August. (Jim Gensheimer/Bay Area News Group) ( Jim Gensheimer )
http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_30164321/homeless-and-hungry-college-not-just-ramen-noodle

Even some of her closest friends had no idea that homelessness was part of the college experience for Amante, an advertising major who ran on the cross-country team and served as San Jose State's student-body president before graduating in May.

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