May 24, 2011
Emi Stacklie looked like any other teen on the cheer squad, but dealt with chaos and homelessness.
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In the summer after fifth-grade, Payson Herring found himself on the streets, living behind dingy car washes and eating stale food out of dumpsters. With both of his parents in jail and no one to look after him, he barely survived.
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