I don't do this often. Asking strangers for help doesn't come naturally to me. But I'm doing it today because someone I love deeply needs it, and she would never ask for herself.
I want to tell you about Femskie.
She is one of those rare people who makes everyone around her feel genuinely seen and heard. The kind of person who will drop everything for you, who fights for the people who can't fight for themselves, who calls out injustice when everyone else looks away. She has the biggest heart I have ever come across. She is bubbly, warm, sparkly, and so incredibly full of life. She lights up every room, every stream, every conversation. And she has worked incredibly hard to become the woman she is today.
What most people don't see is how much she is carrying.
She has struggled with ADHD her whole life, which made studying feel like climbing a mountain while everyone else took the stairs. Then the pandemic hit. She had to quit her studies partway through, not because she gave up, but because the world made it impossible to continue. And in that same period, she lost her best friend. That kind of grief and loss doesn't just go away. It shapes you. She carried all of that, and she still showed up for everyone else.
She rebuilt herself. She started a new program, found her footing again, and became an excellent and professional healthcare provider who genuinely cares about every single person she helps. She earns that trust every day.
But her current work situation is hurting her in ways that are no longer sustainable. The environment she is in is unhealthy. She is not being treated fairly, her wellbeing is not being taken seriously, and the pressure of being tied to a contract through her employer-funded studies means she cannot simply walk away. The stress of this has been affecting her sleep, her health, and her mental wellbeing. I have watched someone with endless love for others slowly run out of space to breathe.
She deserves so much better than this.
The goal of this GoFundMe is to raise money so she can buy herself out of her contract and find a work environment that actually deserves her. One where she can continue doing the work she is so genuinely good at, without it costing her her health.
If you can donate, thank you from the bottom of my heart. If you can't, sharing this post on social media, following on Twitch, with a note to keep her personal details private means just as much. The more people who know her story and want to help, the closer we get.
She has spent years being the person that supports others. It's her turn to have that support.
Organizer and beneficiary
Timothy Cole
Organizer