Mark Allen Doyle, 51, has lived in Denver for five years after leaving behind his business, home, and family ties in North Carolina and Ohio. Originally from Cincinnati, he describes a turbulent upbringing as one of ten siblings, moving between homes and eventually running away to Mexico at 14. He says he’s never been afraid to go anywhere, but his life has been shaped by distrust—of family, of institutions, and of people in general.
He sees homelessness as a systemic issue rooted in decades of policy failures, beginning with Reagan-era cuts to mental health funding. Doyle insists there is no “quick fix,” only long-term solutions requiring oversight, honesty, and respect. For now, he survives on his own terms, committed to exposing corruption and refusing to play along with what he views as a broken system.
