Rick, a transient from Buffalo, stayed with Jouliana, a South Sudanese refugee for a period of 6 month spanning late 2018 through 2019. The two spend their time together drinking one dollar cans of beer from the local Rite Aid drugstore and discussing how they were going to improve their current situation. Once an excellent student Jouliana began to experiment with drugs and alcohol, both of which exacerbated existing mental health issues. She left her parents home in 2018 and has been on her own for the past 18 months.