The Finnish Warrior Princess: A Conversation About Homelessness with Johanna Puirava

Johanna started serving in the streets of New York City as an intern with City Relief in 2001. Soon after she joined our staff and worked as an Outreach Leader and eventually became the NYC Outreach Director. A few years later she moved back to Helsinki, Finland after an unforgettable wedding ceremony on the streets of Harlem. When she moved home to Helsinki with her husband she founded her own mobile outreach program in partnership with her church and has been working there ever since. In this episode, Johanna shares stories from the street and about the similarities and differences of homelessness in New York City and Helsinki.