He's come to The City aged out of the system, but with old habits.

During the day, you can often find him on the streets with his skateboard and boombox. He dances for cash and skates to one day have a job at it.

At night, he's beginning to learn where the best places are to make money without the IRS finding out. Hopefully, the jobs are well-paying enough that he can have a warm bed to sleep in and food for the next day.

Yes, he may look like that little kid next door, but he's homeless. You'd never know it unless he trusted you enough to ask. He's made his way in life by taking what he can and by staying out of jail.

He has experience working every job he could get as a teen, mostly in under-the-table jobs like stocking. His boyish charm and street smarts has taken him a long way. He sold a guitar that his best friend gave him when he turned eighteen to pay for the trip to get here.

Just don't say he looks homeless.