“Jesus was homeless too,” is the first thing that comes to one’s mind when they see blue-eyed, blonde-haired Montana. Long locks and weathered, carpenter hands so reminiscent, Montana can build anything, including the makeshift shelves next to the makeshift home next to some train tracks where he lives, for now. The wall his bed is buttressing is ablaze with bright neon art, all his.
"I'm just trying to do some good, but I don't look for praise or accolades. I look for sad eyes, the one holding back tears, the lost, not sure where to go. That's what I look for, because there is something there I can work with. Someone I can help."

Born in SLC, the half-West-Blackfoot father of three daughters has been homeless, off-and-on, since 2009. He loves to snowboard, and likes the Broncos, and believes in every person’s ability to change the world, however one can.

Montana has become a part of our team, lending his voice to ask the city council to pass historic a $500,000 public bathroom and other hygiene appropriation. He’s handed out pizza to his fellow comrades on the street, has picked pears, plums and apples for our supply drives food offering, and proudly accepted the Hellraiser award with us at the Crossroads Urban Center’s Poverty Summit. He is currently working in the Northwest. He has committed to doing all he needs to do to jump through the legal hoops to clear warrants and resolve and rectify his crimes of homelessness; he wants to stay sober, and build a better life – for himself, his little girls, and the world.
