What if you couldn’t take a shower when you needed one? For over 7,500 people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, this is the daily reality - only 16 public shower stalls are available on a drop-in basis for the thousands of men, women, and children living on our streets.

Lava Mae is not your average San Francisco startup. The nonprofit mobile hygiene service for the homeless began by repurposing retired transportation buses into showers and toilets on wheels. Today, Lava Mae’s mobile revolution is taking Radical Hospitality to the streets and bringing humanity, innovation, and collaboration to the way homeless services are provided. In a world where we increasingly connect more to our digital devices than to each other, where being homeless often means being invisible, Lava Mae believes that compassion is as simple as honoring another’s humanity. Join Leah Filler, founding team member, to debunk myths about homelessness and learn about the innovative solutions being born right here in San Francisco.