This body of work is inspired by 60 Minutes, NPR, PBS, BBC and The New Yorker. Child poverty in the US has reached record levels, with almost 16 million children now affected. A growing number are now going hungry on a daily basis. Nearly 25 percent of kids in America are now living in poverty. Almost 1 out of 4. Growing up hungry is an ongoing series about these children in America today. The figures are painted in blue and are mostly faceless, they blend into society on the outside, but upon closer inspection the often don’t know when they will eat another meal. For one of the wealthiest countries in the world this is a terrible tragedy. The American dream has turned into a nightmare for so many. The parents of these children have lost jobs and homes in the recent recession, the families are forced to live in shelters, many in cheap motel rooms, or in a truck. They often have nowhere to cook and are growing up eating canned food or dry cereal usually going to bed hungry. Many of these children have lost their childhood belongings, they are growing up under terrible stress and are often shamed and embarrassed trying to hide this secret from classmates.