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Michael Gaulden, surrounded by his family, is a UCLA alumnus and spoken-word artist who launched an online campaign on YouCaring.com to help raise awareness and money for homeless individuals. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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Michael Gaulden first learned what it was like to be homeless when he was 7 years old, doing his homework under streetlights at night and living in homeless shelters with his mother and sister.

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Alumnus uses personal experience, poetry to help combat homelessness

By Laurel Scott

May 15, 2015 2:43 a.m.