There’s another San Franciscan profile that we absolutely loved at I live here: SF: Coleen who works as an Advocacy Coordinator at the St. Anthony Foundation. She’s going to disarm you from the first paragraph:
I want to tell you about The Tenderloin. My version of the Tenderloin. The Tenderloin can be a rough place, but I see a lot of little miracles here every day. I certainly do not want to romanticize the difficult things that the people of the Tenderloin have to deal with. But, I have seen a lot of beauty here, a lot of kindness, I have seen heartbreak and I have seen joy.
Read the rest of the entry about Coleen here, and check out her full photo shoot here. Oh, and you can even follow her on Twitter @crivecca!
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I live in the Tenderloin, too. Well, they call it the “TenderNob.” But I love it. Like you said, it’s a little rough around the edges, but that’s what makes it unique and an (at the least) interesting place to live. Love your writing and your photos.
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