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A Sarasota single mother named Candace Choate faced job loss and homelessness while grappling with past trauma.

After moving in with her own mother, both faced eviction due to rising living costs and financial strain.

Mothers Helping Mothers and Season of Sharing provided emergency funds to prevent their eviction.

Choate has since secured a new job and is working toward financial stability for herself and her daughter.

As a teen in Sarasota, Candace Choate seethed in frustration toward her mother.

Abused for years as a child by a male friend of the family, Candace started therapy at the age of 12.

At that same time her mother became a single mom, supporting Candace and her two brothers by working two jobs.

To Candace, wrestling with her trauma, all she knew was

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