Feb 16, 2026
When everything feels uncertain—where you’ll live, how you’ll provide, what comes next—stability can change everything.
In this episode, Lt. Nick Carillo shares his journey through housing insecurity, recovery and faith—and how receiving help became the turning point that reshaped his future.
Lt. Nick opens up about what it’s like to live in survival mode, why simply having a safe place to be restores dignity and hope, and how that stability eventually led him from shelter resident to shelter manager—and now to serving others as a Salvation Army officer.
This is a story about housing security, but even more, it’s a story about the ripple effect of stability—how being helped can plant the seed to help others, and how joy grows when it’s paid forward.
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