In 2018, poverty and domestic violence cast Evelyn and her children into the urban wilderness of Los Angeles. She avoids the family crisis network, seeing no clear pathway for her children to remain together and in a decent school. For the next five years, Evelyn works full time as a waitress yet remains unable to afford legitimate housing or qualify for government aid. All the while she strives to provide stability, education, loving memories, and college aspirations for her children even as th...