Cristina's Top Surgery Fundraiser

Hi, my name is Cris Rago (they/them), I am a queer and non-binary artist living in London and I need some help fundraising for a long awaited surgery of mine.

Let me share a bit about what I do. I engage in a lot of work within the queer community in London through textile art workshops rooted in therapeutic approaches. Additionally, at my workplace I co-lead the queer employee resource group across 3 UK offices. I organise panel discussions, charity events, and spread educational awareness to serve our queer community. Out of pure fascination, I trained to be a mental health first aider so that I can better support the folks that I work with. Now my goal is to continue studying to be an art psychotherapist. I want to work with people that need a creative and accessible outlet to discover themselves and communicate their lived experience.

In order to continue the work that I am passionate about, I do need to take care of myself. This is where I kindly ask for any donation that you can afford to contribute to my fundraiser. The reason why I am so fascinated by stitch and distressed textiles is because I have always felt that my chest had ragged holes, that it is hard to breathe every day. I constantly stitch over and over again, trying to do patchwork on myself. I need to tightly wrap myself with bandages to hold myself together, but it never seems to do the trick. I know now that surgery is the only true way for me to ultimately repair myself. The smallest contribution and sharing this on to other folks goes such a long way, and I am forever grateful to you. Thank you so much for reading, and please do stay in touch with me if you are looking to get involved in future fundraising events and art workshops here: https://www.instagram.com/cristinaragoart and https://www.cristinarago.com.