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Nathan Yuan is a freelance reporter. His story about undercounts of homeless students in Illinois for Naperville Central High School's paper, the Central Times, won Story of the Year in 2023 from the National Scholastic Press Association.
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Gaps in social services are leaving homeless youth with ‘no good choices’

Nathan Yuan is looking into the camera with a small smile, against a blue background. by Nathan Yuan

This story also appeared in Teen Vogue Subscribe on Google | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon For months, he woke to the sound of cars. Sometimes the incessant roaring kept him up at night, but sleeping under an overpass was better than sleeping under nothing, so 19-year-old Israel Cook learned to manage. “No human should be living under conditions like that,” […]