Posted on December 15, 2015 by Mirela Iverac in WNYC WNYC, By Mirela Iverac Meet Shakira Crawford, 39, and her three kids, ages 8 to 13. She emigrated from Jamaica as a child, became a U.S. citizen in New York, and graduated from high school in the Bronx. She now works full-time at a Manhattan hotel earning $17,000 a year. She’s a survivor of domestic violence. She loves to laugh. And she’s homeless.
