Mary Cruz Resendez has been living on and off the streets of San Jose since 2008. Her home for the last eight months has been at Four Corners, an encampment of about 40 people at the junction of Monterey Highway and Capitol Expressway.

After struggling with addiction for years, Resendez told San José Spotlight she’s now clean and going to school to become a drug counselor — although she’s still struggling with homelessness.

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