Photos: Cal State Long Beach homelessness

Cal State Long Beach student Shellv Candler receives direction from Valerie Kelsey, assistant director, Center for Scholarship Information and Financial Literacy, where Candler works before attending class.

Shellv Candler gets ready for another day as her mother, Genice Candler-Brown rests in the living room of their transitional housing in Long Beach.

Shellv Candler prays over her breakfast with her mother, Genice Candler-Brown, in the living room of their transitional home in Long Beach.

Shellv Candler, left, shares a light moment with Carmen Taylor, vice president for student services at Cal State Long Beach.

Shellv Candler, right, gets a hug from Zion Smith, assistant dean of students at Cal State Long Beach.

Shellv Candler attends world history class.

Shellv Candler does homework at the Long Beach Public Library.

Shellv Candler does homework at the Long Beach Public Library.

Shellv Candler walks toward her campus job as administrative assistant.

Shellv Candler gets a paper plate from under the bunk bed where she and her mother, Genice Candler-Brown, in background, sleep in transitional housing.

Shellv Candler takes the first of two buses on her trip to the university, where she is studying history.