Youth homelessness is a critical and complex issue affecting thousands of young people across the United States each year. November is a month dedicated to raising awareness to youth homelessness. For Lehigh Valley Synergy Street Outreach Program Coordinator, Christina DiPierro, every day is dedicated to ending youth homelessness, advocating for the rights of individuals experiencing housing instability, and harm reduction efforts. She and Street Outreach Worker, Becky Latshaw, have been in service to the Lehigh Valley’s homeless population for over a decade and have witnessed a recent uptick in youth homelessness. Christina shared that homelessness, a state in which individuals or families lack a secure, stable, and permanent residence, can manifest in various forms, such as staying in shelters or temporary accommodations, sleeping in public spaces, relying on friends or family for temporary housing, or living in vehicles and other non-traditional spaces.