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Hear Here: Pete Villaseñor finds a home in San Francisco

Pete Villasenor, Branch Manager of Cesar Chavez library

Pete Villaseñor moved to San Francisco from his home state of Texas almost 20 years ago. That’s well before the Bay’s current housing troubles began. But, moving to a new place can come with other difficulties, like homesickness. Villaseñor told our community storytelling project Hear Here how he found solace in a new city.

Click the audio player above to listen to the story.

For more stories from Hear Here, click here. You can also find the project on Facebook and follow it on Twitter at @hearhereradio.

Ninna Gaensler-Debs is the co-director of Uncuffed, the award-winning radio training program and podcast produced by incarcerated people in California prisons in collaboration with KALW Public Media. Uncuffed offers professional training to people in the carceral system so they can be empowered to tell their own stories.