Help me get my life back, a job, and a home.
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Hi friends.
In the beginning of this year, I was contacted by an older friend of mine who lives in Austin, Texas. She needed help after what she said was a fall with a traumatic brain injury, followed by a stroke. She promised me that I could stay in one of her vacant duplex units, and that I could start rent free until I got a job. Living in Albuquerque, NM, I was dealing with a worsening state of my PTSD that my abusive marriage caused, and due to the ripple effect of my ex-husbands abusive abandonment when he left me thousands of dollars worth of debt, falsified my social security number and signature on a joint tax return, and cashed in on said taxes, leaving me without, and also stealing my New Mexico stimulus check from last year. He has since been reported to the FBI, and is under investigation. It was financial stress so heavy that the University of New Mexico’s student dean, the student health counselor, and my therapist all agreed that it was better for me to take a few steps back from school to focus on getting my life more stable. It was very hard for me to make that decision since I am 45, and feel that I don’t have much time left for this degree path. I was also in put in a dangerous situation in the apartment I was living in Albuquerque, where a drug addict was threatening me after I had called law enforcement on him. Management wasn’t quick enough with his eviction, so I was left fearful in my own home. This lead me to accept my friends offer. She helped me move down to Austin. At arrival, I instantly knew things were way worse off with my friend than what she had been cognitively able to convey to me. The neighbors suspect either late stage dementia and Alzheimers. She has since backtracked on our agreement, and has been threatening with psychotic behaviors. All of us living here are afraid what this will mean going forward. I am without any written agreements, so my situation is dire, and I am needing to make it back to New Mexico where I have friends that can help, and that truly care about me.
The second thing is that I am getting job opportunities like never before in Santa Fe. I have applied for several hundred jobs here in Austin, but there are so many competing for these jobs, plus, I am living without a car so it’s difficult to actually land a job farther away. In Santa Fe however, I have one big gallery that wants to have an in-person interview for a graphic design and marketing assistant position, and one print facility that wants me for an in-person interview for a print job. I’ve already lost two other opportunities due to them not accepting a Zoom interview process. Both of these new jobs would be vital for me to launch my career after graduating Santa Fe Community College School of Art and Design’s Media Arts — Graphic Design program with the highest honors and Phi Theta Kappa. These job opportunities are too good to miss. They will be paying me enough to get by and also solve some of my more immediate financial issues caused by the ripple effect of the abusive abandonment I’ve gone through. I would be so grateful and I am so tired after these two past years infernal stormy oceans… I want my own home and a solid job so that I can begin to unpack everything I have been though. I want to be close to friends that I consider family. My therapist is in support of this move, and I am hoping that with your kindness and compassion, I can make this return to a stable life, a possibility.
I’m needing funds to urgently help to relocate back to Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have a phenomenal offer from Uhaul, where my quote for the truck is approximately $950 after taxes and fees. The offer involves me driving the truck from Austin to Santa Fe, picking up a trailer in Grand Prairie, Texas, and drop off in Albuquerque, no later than July 1st. If I do this, Uhaul will reimburse me $625. This means that once I am reimbursed, I would only be paying $200-$300 in order to move my belongings back to Santa Fe. I also have a shot on a tiny little apartment renting for $1000/month, and a $1000 deposit, and have another opening for another apartment as well, slightly more expensive. I need to secure deposits for a rental at any rate, so I am also raising funds for that.
Funds needed:
Lastly. Please be careful when sharing this on social media, as my ex-husband is still trying to hurt me. I am speaking to legal aid here in Austin, and they recommended me to try to not have him see any of my communications. If you can share this via email to your most trusted contacts, it would help immensely.
Please help me get my life back. Please help me not have to live in daily fear.
Kindly and gratefully,
Sara
In the beginning of this year, I was contacted by an older friend of mine who lives in Austin, Texas. She needed help after what she said was a fall with a traumatic brain injury, followed by a stroke. She promised me that I could stay in one of her vacant duplex units, and that I could start rent free until I got a job. Living in Albuquerque, NM, I was dealing with a worsening state of my PTSD that my abusive marriage caused, and due to the ripple effect of my ex-husbands abusive abandonment when he left me thousands of dollars worth of debt, falsified my social security number and signature on a joint tax return, and cashed in on said taxes, leaving me without, and also stealing my New Mexico stimulus check from last year. He has since been reported to the FBI, and is under investigation. It was financial stress so heavy that the University of New Mexico’s student dean, the student health counselor, and my therapist all agreed that it was better for me to take a few steps back from school to focus on getting my life more stable. It was very hard for me to make that decision since I am 45, and feel that I don’t have much time left for this degree path. I was also in put in a dangerous situation in the apartment I was living in Albuquerque, where a drug addict was threatening me after I had called law enforcement on him. Management wasn’t quick enough with his eviction, so I was left fearful in my own home. This lead me to accept my friends offer. She helped me move down to Austin. At arrival, I instantly knew things were way worse off with my friend than what she had been cognitively able to convey to me. The neighbors suspect either late stage dementia and Alzheimers. She has since backtracked on our agreement, and has been threatening with psychotic behaviors. All of us living here are afraid what this will mean going forward. I am without any written agreements, so my situation is dire, and I am needing to make it back to New Mexico where I have friends that can help, and that truly care about me.
The second thing is that I am getting job opportunities like never before in Santa Fe. I have applied for several hundred jobs here in Austin, but there are so many competing for these jobs, plus, I am living without a car so it’s difficult to actually land a job farther away. In Santa Fe however, I have one big gallery that wants to have an in-person interview for a graphic design and marketing assistant position, and one print facility that wants me for an in-person interview for a print job. I’ve already lost two other opportunities due to them not accepting a Zoom interview process. Both of these new jobs would be vital for me to launch my career after graduating Santa Fe Community College School of Art and Design’s Media Arts — Graphic Design program with the highest honors and Phi Theta Kappa. These job opportunities are too good to miss. They will be paying me enough to get by and also solve some of my more immediate financial issues caused by the ripple effect of the abusive abandonment I’ve gone through. I would be so grateful and I am so tired after these two past years infernal stormy oceans… I want my own home and a solid job so that I can begin to unpack everything I have been though. I want to be close to friends that I consider family. My therapist is in support of this move, and I am hoping that with your kindness and compassion, I can make this return to a stable life, a possibility.
I’m needing funds to urgently help to relocate back to Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have a phenomenal offer from Uhaul, where my quote for the truck is approximately $950 after taxes and fees. The offer involves me driving the truck from Austin to Santa Fe, picking up a trailer in Grand Prairie, Texas, and drop off in Albuquerque, no later than July 1st. If I do this, Uhaul will reimburse me $625. This means that once I am reimbursed, I would only be paying $200-$300 in order to move my belongings back to Santa Fe. I also have a shot on a tiny little apartment renting for $1000/month, and a $1000 deposit, and have another opening for another apartment as well, slightly more expensive. I need to secure deposits for a rental at any rate, so I am also raising funds for that.
Funds needed:
- $1200 for Uhaul and gas
- $1000 first months rent
- $1000 rental deposit
- $200 hotel for one night going back
Lastly. Please be careful when sharing this on social media, as my ex-husband is still trying to hurt me. I am speaking to legal aid here in Austin, and they recommended me to try to not have him see any of my communications. If you can share this via email to your most trusted contacts, it would help immensely.
Please help me get my life back. Please help me not have to live in daily fear.
Kindly and gratefully,
Sara
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Sara Culler
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Austin, TX