Twenty years ago, Christina Schnabel first saw the mountains of Western North Carolina. “It was the first time I fell in love with something that wasn’t a person,” she said.
She moved to Hendersonville to live in those mountains, but by 2022, Schnabel was struggling.
She lived in public housing with her 6-year-old son, who suffered from a gastrointestinal issue. “I took him to the doctor, and he was prescribed a prescription food box,” she said…