Chris Shaw was born on January 17, 1953 in Washington, DC. He graduated from Walt Whitman High School, in Bethesda, Md. After high school, he took college courses at Montgomery College and George Washington University.
In the pursuit of becoming an actor, Chris soon left D.C. for New York City. He had a successful acting career for nine years. Into the 1980s the entertainment business declined and Chris lost both of his parents. These changes led him to a life of alcoholism and he moved back to D.C. spending nights in shelters and on the street.
In 1992, Chris became sober through the Georgetown AA Ministries “and never left.”
Currently, he plays the guitar for a New Orleans Blues Band and is a freelance writer. Chris has been selling Street Sense since March of this year.
What is your favorite food? Sushi.
What is your favorite movie? No Country for Old Men.
What do you like about selling Street Sense? It’s fun meeting people from different countries and assisting tourists with directions.
Where do you see yourself in five years? I would like to own my own home, write screenplays, and have my own instruments for my band.
