“I Just Want to Live Like a Normal Person” — Sharron Maasz

In this interview, Sharron Maasz talks about her hopes for the future: housing, recovery, getting her children back, and “living like a normal person.” Sharron later died homeless, sleeping rough outside in Oxford, England. Her death was preventable. If you search Sharron Maasz’s name, you’ll find a powerful Guardian article about her life, her work helping homeless people, and how she ultimately ended up homeless herself. Stories like Sharron’s are why homelessness should never be reduced to stereotypes or politics. Real people are dying while simply trying to survive.