By Michael Gaulden

My Way Home

A memoir

His life was barely worth a dollar. He slept outside, on park benches, in stairwells, under bushes. Michael lived in shelter after shelter across the United States. With his father incarcerated and his mother disabled, he stayed homeless for ten years.

From the age of seven to seventeen, Michael, with his mother and sister, journeyed along his own underground railroad, desperately searching for a way to free his family from the sewers of society.

Michael learned death was a big part of youth homelessness, Education was not. To survive, he to become something more. Caught in between two worlds – his dreams and reality – violence, gangsters, hunger, poverty, and sorrow marked his daily life.

Michael vowed to change his fate through getting his high school diploma. He never hoped to dream that not only would he graduate from high school but also a prestigious California university. This is the true story of a homeless boy, marked for prison or worse, who fought against tremendous odds and persevered to achieve and professional success.

By Michael Gaulden

Hello, Neighbor!

A Picture Book – Out now everywhere books are sold!

But he won’t let that discourage him.

Because, with friends like you, Harry has hope for a brighter future!

Hello, Neighbor! is an illustrated children’s book by Michael Gaulden, who grew up homeless in San Diego. The colorful, charming illustrations are by artist Rod Flower.

This book for early readers addresses homelessness in an honest, yet hopeful way. Harry shows us where he lives and introduces us to his friends, who care for and help each other as friends do.

I look forward to connecting with you!!