"Disabled, Discriminated, & Threatened-Help Me Fight

Hello: My name is Elizabeth Pineyro. I am a disabled, single Black Dominican mother. On May 19, 2025, I was fired while on protected FMLA—not for wrongdoing, but for telling the truth. I reported safety violations, racism, corrupted management, patient & employee medical neglect, harassment and retaliation, as required by policy. Instead of holding the abusers accountable, umc leadership used my health and protected status against me. I was harassed, and discarded after years of loyal service with multiple achievements of rising to leadership roles that allowed me to work alongside the CEO at University Medical Center in New Orleans.

I was denied medical treatment, exposed to deadly & airborne diseases, verbally and physically assaulted along with others who was nearly raped in behavior health units and threatened on camera. HR covered it all up. My FMLA was twisted into “attendance issues” and used to justify my termination.

I’m sick, traumatized, and still recovering.

Please Help me hold UMC/LCMC accountable and protect others from going through the hell I’ve endured.

I need a strong, honest lawyer to go through all this evidence I documented, recorded, organized & emailed to the EEOC to help me get justice. I need support from people all over the world— because fighting a Major hospital system like this takes more than courage. It takes community.

If there’s any news reporters, journalist, or TV show host who wants to hear the truth — Im available. I’m ready to tell the world what happened to me, to speak out for everyone else this has happened to & start a movement, to fight for real change.

I’m asking for support to:

⏬FULL STORY BELOW ⏬

"This is bigger than just one job. This is about what happens when a Black single parent of Hispanic descent rises to the top in good faith—outshining those in power who have held their positions for years—only to be torn down for doing what’s right."

I Endured:

I followed every step of the chain of command — from my supervisor all the way up to Corporate— and all I got was ignored, threatened, and discarded. These are the same people who handpicked me to sit beside powerful leadership & the CEO to help improve the hospital. I was a 2025 graduate of their Emerging leadership program as you see in the picture with my certification. I believed in what we were building — but they left me to the piranhas.

Now, I can’t sleep. My anxiety is through the roof. I feel like I can’t breathe. Some days I can’t think straight because of the trauma I endured. I can't work for any LCMC hospitals or clinics. I still have nightmares. And the worst part is, I’m not the only one they abused.

Please donate to support my legal battle. Help me fight for justice — not just for myself, but for every worker who has ever been silenced, sickened, and sacrificed.

I’m not asking for pity. I’m asking for power — the kind that comes when people come together and say: enough is enough.

Thank you in advance!