My name is Michelle, so... let me start by saying I have really been trying to get on my own two feet since my husband died in 2022.

I finally got a car about 3 months ago and spent the last $3,300 on it. The guy screwed me over; there were issues right after I got it. The guy really knew what he was doing. He knew things were wrong with the car, and he lied to me. He knew the position I was in and how badly I needed the car and knew that was the last of the money I had. Then I was going to get a job. Now the car has issues, and I've put over $1,000 into it, and it's got the check engine light on. It's pointless to fix the part with the amount of miles on the car.

So now the job I can't work, and I have an 8-year-old daughter that wants to go do things. But being out of work and having no income and not really any family, I am trying to stand on my own two feet, and everything I try keeps falling apart. I want to work. I want to be able to give my daughter the life she deserves and get my life back together after losing her dad and a bunch of other people. Life just keeps kicking me down when I'm just trying to be a good mom and a productive member of society.

My back is destroyed, but if I had a reliable car, I'd work a 12-hour shift or 8-hour shift if I could just get a chance. But I need help with paying for child care and getting a different SAFE, reliable car. I just need a chance. Just a break. So I am going to humble myself and ask for help. I would really love to be able to take care of me and my child independently and on my own two feet, but I really need a reliable car. So like I said, I humbly ask if anybody can help at all, please and thank you.