assisting homeless women

San Diego lags behind other cities when it comes to assisting homeless women

Heather Stiles has been homeless in San Diego for six years. Before moving here, she lived in Arizona, where she worked as a prostitute before “finding Jesus Christ,” as she tells it. “It was wonderful, I mean, now I know what there is to live for,” she said. “I gave up prostitution and moved here.” These days, Stiles spends most of her time in San Diego’s East Village near the Central Library, where she sits with her cap slung low over her face. Read our news feature.