Elvia Hernandez Chile, 11, writes on the steamed window of a van that she and her family are living out of on a frigid morning in South Salt Lake on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. The van's heater is broken.
Marcell Chilel sits in the front seat of her van outside Granite Park Junior High School in South Salt Lake on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Chilel and her five children lived out of the van for months until checking into a homeless shelter on Dec. 26. The van's heater was broken, so they placed a fan on the dashboard to help defrost the windshield while driving.
Estrellita Chilel Hernandez, Rocael Perez, Marcell Chilel, South Salt Lake police officer Chad Leetham, Zack Leetham and Leonardo Hernandez Chilel play Left Center Right at Leetham's house in Tooele on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. Leetham invited the Hernandez Chilel family, who at the time was living out of a van, over for Christmas Eve.
Marcell Chilel hugs daughter Elvia Hernandez Chilel as she sucks on a candy cane on Christmas Eve at Laura and Chad Leetham's house in Tooele on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017. Chad Leetham is a South Salt Lake police officer and school resource officer at Elvia's school and invited the family to spend Christmas Eve at his house. At the time, Marcell Chilel and her children were homeless and had been living out of their van, which doesn't have a working heater.
Marcell Chilel takes a photo of an inspirational quote hanging on the walls of Granite Park Junior High School in South Salt Lake on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. At the time, Chilel, her boyfriend, and her five children were homeless.
Marcell Chilel cries in the front seat of her van outside Granite Park Junior High School in South Salt Lake while talking about what it's like to be homeless with her five children and boyfriend on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
South Salt Lake police officer Chad Leetham helps Marcell Chilel and Leonardo Hernandez Chilel stock up on necessities at the food pantry at Granite Park Junior High School in South Salt Lake on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018.
Joselyn Hernandez Chilel looks back at her family as they check into the Road Home family shelter in Midvale on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. The family had been living out of a van.
Joselyn Hernandez Chilel walks into her new apartment in South Salt Lake after playing outside on Sunday, April 29, 2018.
Elvia Hernandez Chilel, Estrellita Chilel Hernandez and Joselyn Hernandez Chilel play with makeup in the bathroom of their new apartment in South Salt Lake on Sunday, April 29, 2018.
Marcell Chilel serves dinner at home in South Salt Lake on Monday, May 14, 2018.
Joselyn Hernandez Chilel climbs down from her new bunk beds at home in South Salt Lake on Monday, May 14, 2018.
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