Meet The Director

Hi! My name is Chanelle Amber Scott, Executive Director and Co-Founder of TINY TOWN CA. My life’s purpose is to take action against homelessness in the city and county that I was born and reared in. As a child, my father, Harmon Roberts III would work construction for the local cement masons and on the weekend, he would sometimes take our family on a ride to downtown Los Angeles. The beginning of the ride would be exciting indeed as he pointed out the high rise that he was helping to build. My heart would fill with pride and amazement! And then, as we continued further into downtown, he would take us to the ride through skid row. My heart would sink down to the pit of my stomach and tears would roll uncontrollably. One day I asked him to please not take us there! It just made me so sad and my father turned around and looked at me and said. “If you don’t want to be here, don’t do drugs! And do good in school!”

Even after taking my father’s stern advise, I still found myself homeless! I lived in Los Angeles and in other parts of California and I struggled as a married and then single mother to make my rent. My wages stayed the same but there was no regulation for rent increases. I could afford a 1 bedroom apartment that would rent for $1300 a month but because I had three children at the time, no one would rent to me because it was “too many people” for a one bedroom. Working 40 plus hours a week was never enough even with commission pay as I have been in sales and marketing for over 25 years. As a top producer for some of the most well-known and prosperous companies in the country, I was awarded with plaques, fancy pens, T-shirts, coffee mugs, an Easter basket and barely enough money to cover my biggest bill: my rent! After years of hard work and frustration, I decided to take ACTION. It had been decided over 20 years ago when I found myself left without my little broke down car, no way to work, fired and then homeless with my 3 small children. THIS WAS NOT FAIR.​