The hardest thing about being homeless for George Perez was acting like he wasn’t homeless.
During the day, Perez would study at school, go to class or clean up in the campus gym.
At night, the 39-year-old sophomore at City College of San Francisco was downtown, sleeping at BART stations to keep warm.
“No one knew I was homeless,” said Perez, who’s studying business administration and social science and behavior. “I would act like I was OK, but I really wasn’t. At the end of the day it was hard, because I had nobody to talk to.”