# Becky Blanton: The year I was homeless

Becky Blanton planned to live in her van for a year and see the country, but when depression set in and her freelance job ended, her camping trip turned into homelessness. In this intimate talk, she describes her experience of becoming one of America's working homeless.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2009
- Runtime: 7 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Adventure
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/BeckyBlanton_2009G)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/BeckyBlanton_2009G?play=1)