A Plea For My Dear Friend: PalaKeda
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An incredibly talented artist, a wonderful person, corny sense of humor, someone i have so many memories with.
That's how i'd describe my friend Kierra, also known as PalaKeda online.
I have known her for the longest time, since I was 13, and now as a 21 year old, nothing aches more than to see the situation she's currently in after her mom passed away from breast cancer back in january of 2021.
Disabled, constantly in unbearable amounts of pain, unable to sleep or take care of herself, not even a single cent in her savings left, living in an area where you can't get anywhere unless you have a car, and absolutely no family to turn to. I feel like essentially one of the very last family members she has left, even if i'm on the other end of the continent as a non-US citizen.
She's about to be evicted, which feel like grounds for her to finally commit suicide, and i don't know where to turn to. I don't want to watch the last remnants of her fade away, it's like watching one of my dearest friends slip right between my fingers.
I just beg for any kind of help at all, anything that will grant her just a little bit more time, if only just enough until her disability benefits are approved. It would mean the entire world for me.
Below are some of my favorite illustrations she's made.
Organizer and beneficiary
Fallen Vixen
Organizer
Virginia Beach, VA
Kierra Zelasko
Beneficiary