Hi, everyone.
My situation is pretty straightforward: I moved across the country for work with the help of a few friends. We drove, we pooled money for gas and food, we slept in the car and since making it to CA, I have been staying on a friend of a friends couch for a month. I found a place, got conditionally approved for it – on the grounds that I either find a co-signer or another 3K. I’m an elementary school social emotional coordinator – I make enough to supplement for my rent but my credit history is what’s shooting me in the foot & the sudden price increase is drowning me. Donations would go toward settling the remainder of the deposit, booking a moving van and turning on my electricity services in the place. This is a time-sensitive ask; my friend has family coming into town and while her heart + home were as open as they could be, I have to be gone by the end of the week. If I can’t secure my place, I will have to part with the few things I was able to bring with me, including my cat, and stay in a shelter for a while. I am just getting settled into work and staying in a shelter will completely derail what I’ve moved here for. I’ve applied for loans, I’m already up to my ears in credit card debt, I’ve taken up cleaning gig jobs which don’t pay much + are hard to access because I don’t have a car, I’m still crowdfunding within my intimate community & now I’m here, praying for more grace. I’m 25 years old, trying to make it in a brand new city without failing and falling as soon as I got here. Any contribution you make would be a blessing. Outside of early education, I am also a writer and an astrologer.