Charlotte is a Master’s of Sociology student at Carleton University. In her TEDx talk, she explores how social science research that is particularly conducted on marginalized communities while may produce tangible change in the future, can facilitate harms upon the participants it engages with. Charlotte takes her viewers through her lived experiences of youth-homelessness, to becoming a peer-researcher, highlighting the necessity for researchers and academics to go above and beyond in supporting the marginalized participants they conduct research on. As marginalized communities are often facing evident hardships in their everyday lives, hollow research that is done "on" them without providing them some form of support or resources utilizes their experiences without providing them the immediate help they need. This TEDx talk urges the academy to alter the research process in a matter that does more for participants of marginalized communities it engages with. Charlotte is a Master’s of Sociology student who has worked as a peer researcher since undergrad. Youth homelessness is her field of study and peer research has allowed her to transform her past lived experiences of homelessness into a tool for good youth engagement and community building. Her thesis research was conducted by interviewing homeless youth about their school-based experiences to see how the education system might work to prevent students from becoming homeless. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx