Struggling Family in Need of Financial Support

My name is Ayla, I am just a Filipino-raised high school student.

I am the older daughter of a single mom who worked as a federal law enforcement officer in state of Maryland. She has been a hardworking single parent of two girls. She had nothing in her name back in 2008, raising a toddler to provide for on her own, she worked so hard taking different jobs. She worked as a substitute for Head Start program, Call center, worked at a Psychiatric Rehab, the Juvenile Justice System, and recently, she worked for the Federal Government as a Senior Officer. From having nothing in her name back in 2008, she managed to buy a beautiful home for our little family in December 2019 as a Christmas present for my sister and I. Unfortunately, the very same month and year, my mom became a victim of domestic violence and was nearly killed by her fellow federal law enforcement officer whom she was supposed to marry 6 weeks later. I am forever thankful to our neighbor who called the police who responded and saved my mom. Unfortunately, due to my mom’s injuries, and medical issues following the attack, she was unable to return to work right away, and we hit a financial hardship. Regardless, my mom provided as normal. In 2019, she returned to work even when she barely could, just so she could catch up on our bills. She endured her medical conditions and her PTSD caused by the attack, just because she wanted to continue providing for our family. Her PTSD was further exacerbated by her workplace considering that her attacker is still employed, and my mom started experiencing hardships at work, including finding her car tire slashed outside her workplace. She was diagnosed with severe PTSD, depression, and anxiety that affected her sleep schedule and ability to function every day that her doctor eventually found it impossible for her to return to a work environment due to her condition. To make matters worse, the court of Maryland let my mom’s abuser walk free with the case placed on stet due to the lengthy wait of court hearing due to CoVid delays. While the abuser managed to keep his employment even with alcohol abuse and history of violent behavior, my mom was left suffering from the results of the abuse. She applied for disability, however, she was denied, and is still in the process of reapplying. She could not get unemployment because she has to have the ability to work. Recently we have had our electric shut off, water was shut off, and some people helped us catch up. Yesterday, we found out that the home she proudly bought for my sister and I was sold on foreclosure without our knowledge and we are getting evicted in 3 days. My mom has always hated asking or taking help from people, so I am stepping up now and knocking on your hearts and asking for help so that we could have shelter and stay warm.

As GoFundMe takes a share of donations, I would like to ask you all to consider my mother’s Venmo, which you could contact me for such, or commission me on Cashapp at $gutzygoo for emergency art commissions. I will also be opening up a Ko-Fi account for us soon as well, and maybe even a Patreon for my art. Thank you for your consideration, every penny counts.

Should you search for validation of this situation, you can contact Mrs. Erin Jenkins, a social worker from Mineral County Schools, West Virginia. We thank her for her assistance through these hard times.