<div>I have been navigating two simultaneous crises for the last year: ongoing chronic <strong>health conditions</strong> and the near-total collapse of my professional field that I've spent my life working in. My health remains under active medical care since my heart attack. I have regular lab work, specialist visits, and doctor-directed next steps. We spent many months pursuing a genetic blood disorder diagnosis, but it turned out to not be the source of my health problems. I don't yet have a diagnosis for my irregular bloodwork, which means I also don't have a treatment timeline or a clear finish line. My doctors and I continue to narrow things down, one by one.
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<div>Managing an unknown chronic condition is its own particular exhaustion, and it has real, practical consequences for what work I can pursue. Jobs requiring physical labor, lifting, or extended standing are not available to me right now.
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<div>This is not my first GoFundMe, and I want to say that plainly. The health situation that a friend launched the first campaign around has lasted far longer than I expected or wanted. I'm starting fresh here because that campaign lost momentum, and the need has not.
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<div>I've spent my career at the intersection of technology and human behavior, advising organizations on responsible and ethical design. I tell you this because it matters for understanding what I'm up against: user advocacy as a field has contracted sharply. But, I am also pursuing work in many outside areas!
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<div>I want to be clear about what my job search looks like because I am not sitting still. I take every project and opportunity that I find. Rare work exists, but consistent income does not, and those are different things.
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<div>I am navigating all of this alone, without savings left, a partner, or family safety net. I live modestly, no car, and I depend on being close to public transit. When a month goes sideways, there is no fallback for bills. My cat Ludo has been my companion through the hardest of it, and keeping a roof over our heads and him fed and cared for is a part of what I'm asking for help with.
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<div>This fundraiser gives me the lead I need to get to the other side of this.
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<div>If you've given before, thank you! I carry that generosity with me everyday. If you're new here, I hope this gives you enough to understand who I am and why I'm asking. Sharing this campaign is itself a meaningful contribution!
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Emily Dreyfuss

Anonymous

Stacey Symonds

Evan Selinger

Thomas Arnold

Alexey Bogdanovsky

Kathleen Mychajliw

Michael knapek

Carolyn Wei

Emma Worley

Ryan James Anthony Sherman

Donald Heider

John Danaher

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platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

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Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

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fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

be_supporter_comments_enabled_supported_funds

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

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template_id

userId

fundUrl

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npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

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fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

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