Reuters photographer Lucy Nicholson followed a homeless family in southern California, reporting on how they survive in a campground:
“It’s scary, especially at night,” says Guzman. “I’ve always been spoiled. I have a large family and when we went on camping trips, I was the princess.” At first they slept in a rental van. Then they picked up a couple of tents at a thrift store. Now, after three weeks of sleeping at a campsite in Santa Paula, the family can no longer afford the rental van to ferry the kids to school in Port Hueneme.
"I’m living moment by moment, day by day," says Guzman. "I’m holding it all together. There are times I break down. I try not to let the kids see me. They tell me, ‘If you crack, we all crack. If you break Mom, we all break, because you’re the one who holds us together.’ So that’s what keeps me going."
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