how do you go from alaska to interlocken, mich., as a young girl? >> i went as 15.eaning a dance studio, and a dance teacher came through during a seminar that taught at a school called interlocken, and i told him i sang, and he told me about a scholarship, and i got that. it was fancy. greta: it is a fancy school, but when you got out, you were homeless. what happened? >> i had a job answering telephones at a computer where house, and my boss took me aside -- at a computer warehouse, and my boss took me aside, and understood he was making a pass at me, and i lost my job, and i could not pay my bills, so i thought i would get back on my feet. but i was never able to get back up on my feet, and i was homeless for that year. greta: and you actually live in your car on the street? >> i live in my car, which end up getting stolen, which was terrible, and i had kidney problems at the time, and almost died, because i did not have insurance. i ended up getting discovered while i was homeless. greta: i was going to ask you. how did you discovered? what happened? >> i built