The towers at the Urban Rooftop Garden at Step Up on Vine produce vegetables that are used in daily meal preparation in the kitchens of SUOV in Hollywood and Step Up on Second in Santa Monica. Step Up serves over 45,000 meals annually in various Step Up service locations.

In May 2015, Cleo was living with her mother, going to college, teaching theater to middle-school youth, and a summer lifeguard when she began experiencing extreme anxiety & mood swings. "I am very functional and can multi-task, but then it was like watching a train wreck and not being able to do anything about it,” says Cleo. The Los Angeles LGBT Center in Hollywood referred Cleo to Daniel's Place, where she was diagnosed with #bipolardisorder.

At Daniel’s Place, the positive coping and life skills Cleo learned allowed her to continue her education and remain employed. When Cleo aged-out of Daniel’s Place, she continued to receive #mentalhealth services at Step Up Ocean Park. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at Antioch University Los Angeles and is currently employed at a Unitarian Universalist Church in a managerial position. “I feel grateful, humbled, and exhausted that I have been stable for a long while now, and I have finally reached adulthood at the age of 30."