my colleague kyra phillips has the story. >> reporter: every day, 16-year-old martasia tells her mominally see what god can do ♪ >> reporter: and that this road she travels down now will provide. for her and her five daughters. every week, alicia carter delivers mail to homes in maryland's prince george's county. homes in one of the nation's wealthiest black communities. the kind of home alicia carter dreams of. because right now, this mail carrier doesn't even have one. >> i was so shocked to find out you were a mail carrier. >> yeah. >> and you're homeless. what do you want people to know about that? >> to have a job, a good job at that, and then still be homeless, it's like, what am i doing wrong? >> reporter: just keep working, not giving up. from alicia's mouth to god's ears. alicia, why didn't you want to tell anybody at the post office that you were homeless? >> i'm more independent. i really don't like -- more like handouts or someone feeling pity for me. >> reporter: a commitment to her family that will take this unwaveringl carrier down a surprising route to recovery. >> fo