Point Source Youth

We’re honored to welcome Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez as a keynote speaker at the 2026 National Symposium on Solutions to End Youth Homelessness. Elizabeth is the author of My Side of the River, a memoir about immigration, family separation, education, and the sacrifices behind one version of the American Dream.

Join us in Baltimore October 14–15 to hear her keynote, "Finding Home: Lessons in Resilience, Opportunity, and Belonging," and take part in two days of conversations on solutions to end and prevent youth homelessness.

Register now: https://www.pointsourceyouth.org/register-2026-national-symposium

Regular registration prices increase 8/29.

In a powerful new op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle, Melane Cabrera shares how her father’s deportation pushed her family to the edge — and how direct cash helped her stay housed and continue college. Her story makes clear that immigration policy is housing policy. Family separation, deportation, and financial instability can quickly become a youth homelessness crisis.

Read Melane’s piece:

After my father was deported to Mexico, this program kept me from becoming homeless OPINION: With my family torn apart and struggling, my parents suggested that we all move back to Mexico but I, a U.S. citizen, was supposed to begin college at Cal State Northridge.