Teen Girl Living in Tent Opens Eyes and Hearts

Diane Nilan
5 min readMay 15, 2020

Why, Despite Best Efforts, Did Do-Gooders Do Harm?

homeless campground
A sanctioned campground in Washington State — Photo Diane Nilan

Do-gooders came out of the woodwork in the Akron, OH, area recently when a local TV station aired a series of stories about a teen girl living in the woods trying to graduate from high school. Neeha Curtis, news anchor on Cleveland’s 19 News, shielded the girl’s identity and exhibited uncommon emotion…

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Diane Nilan

Founder/pres. HEAR US Inc., gives voice & visibility to homeless families & youth, ran shelters, advocate, filmmaker, author, 18 yrs. on US backroads. hearus.us