Damian Maldonado

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575 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 19 Feb

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I had two older brothers.

They were a little bit bigger.

So I felt safe because they were there.

They had this donation room where you go and get clothes and shoes.

And I was like, wow, it's all this free stuff.

But at nighttime, you were in a room with, say, maybe 20 or so bunks.

And sometimes at nighttime, they would allow men to come in to sleep.

So you'd hear at the middle of the night, like these people going to these different bunks.

That was a little bit intimidating because they would let the single women that had children come in earlier until later looking back on it.

I was like, wow, that was an experience.

At the time, it looked like, well, this is normal, I guess.

became a new norm.

And what I felt in hindsight as I got older is just like, well, I can't believe my mom had to go through that.

I imagine as a single woman having to go to the shelter, not having anywhere to go.

And luckily, I think those programs are great when they're done well and people use them to get a job because then sometimes they help you get a job.

Eventually she got a job.

It was able to get us to a two bedroom apartment.

And at this point, you know, me and my brothers sharing a room.

That's like now we're in the big time if we're me and my three brothers and my mom.

all in two bedrooms like this is amazing in our own little place.

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