By Michael Gaulden
My Way Home
A memoir
His life was barely worth a dollar. He slept outside, on park benches, in stairwells, under bushes. Michael lived in shelter after shelter across the United States. With his father incarcerated and his mother disabled, he stayed homeless for ten years.
From the age of seven to seventeen, Michael, with his mother and sister, journeyed along his own underground railroad, desperately searching for a way to free his family from the sewers of society.
Michael learned death was a big part of youth homelessness, Education was not. To survive, he to become something more. Caught in between two worlds – his dreams and reality – violence, gangsters, hunger, poverty, and sorrow marked his daily life.
Michael vowed to change his fate through getting his high school diploma. He never hoped to dream that not only would he graduate from high school but also a prestigious California university. This is the true story of a homeless boy, marked for prison or worse, who fought against tremendous odds and persevered to achieve and professional success.
By Michael Gaulden
Hello, Neighbor!
A Picture Book – Out now everywhere books are sold!
But he won’t let that discourage him.
Because, with friends like you, Harry has hope for a brighter future!
Hello, Neighbor! is an illustrated children’s book by Michael Gaulden, who grew up homeless in San Diego. The colorful, charming illustrations are by artist Rod Flower.
This book for early readers addresses homelessness in an honest, yet hopeful way. Harry shows us where he lives and introduces us to his friends, who care for and help each other as friends do.
Author
Michael Gaulden
Michael Gaulden received his Bachelors of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a former qualitative and quantitative researcher for UCLA. Gaulden is an advocate for the unhoused, foster care, juvenile courts, and all disadvantaged people. Gaulden is a professional public speaker who has spoken to thousands of audience members and multitudes of service clubs, schools and organizations.
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Your circumstance is not a reason for failure. It is the reason you must succeed.
– Michael Gaulden
Your story is not the obstacle. Overcoming the obstacle is your story.
– Michael Gaulden
Sometimes ambition leaks through your eyes.
– Michael Gaulden
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Oct 14, 2021
EO Alchemy • Lake Tahoe, NV
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Tedx Del Norte • San Diego, CA
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March 3, 2021
MiraCosta College Reading Festival • San Diego, CA
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January 24, 2021
Del Cerro 4 Black Lives Matter • San Diego, CA
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December 2, 2020
Health and Wellness Book Club • San Diego, CA
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August 10, 2019
League of Women Voters •North County San Diego, CA
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August 25, 2018
Festival of Books • San Diego, CA
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