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Yale grad gets help from fellow alum after living on streets of LA for years

#Yale #ShawnPleasants #KimHershman #Koreatown #Housing #Homeless LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- After several years of living on the streets of Los Angeles, an Ivy League graduate's life is back on track thanks to a woman who he describes as an "angel." California's homeless crisis has touched people from all different backgrounds, but Shawn Pleasants' case is quite unique. "It's not someone else's problem. It's a problem we all could face," Pleasants said. The 52-year-old was a high school valedictorian, got into Harvard but chose to go to Yale and major in economics, worked on Wall Street and started his own business before it all fell apart and he ended up homeless in Koreatown, where he lived for six years. Kim Hershman, could not sit still after hearing about Pleasants' story in September, especially after learning his encampment was mere miles away from her home. The Hollywood attorney, also a Yale graduate, began to formul