Candice Payne
For a few days this winter, Chicago was colder than Antarctica, Alaska and the North Pole. With temperatures hovering at twenty-five below, the city’s homeless population was left cold and vulnerable. Candice Payne—a humble and successful thirty-four-year-old Chicago realtor—found a calling during the deep freeze, and rented hotel rooms for eighty of the city’s homeless citizens. Her good deed landed her a guest spot on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” (Tanner Woodford)
Best of Chicago 2019
