Help Jasmine And Her Family See The Light Again

Hi, my name is Jasmine Escoba and I recently lost my beautiful mother back in July of this year (2023). Personally, I have been suffering from mental illness since I was about 13 years young. At just 14, I started to work and make my own money to help my family and provide for myself. I am now 25 and it has gotten better, but is still a very difficult challenge that I face in my everyday life, especially because I am now living on the couch at my father's home. I have damn near lost EVERYTHING. My family is unable to help me due to their own struggles, so I am asking my friends in the community for help, because I do not know what else to do thus far. The mental illness effects everything I do from the moment I wake up to the moment that I go to sleep. Due to being stuck in the deep, dark place of grief after losing my mother, I lost my job. At this time of my life, I was already struggling pretty bad financially, mentally, physically... and healing from so many personal relationships, as well as experiences such as break ups, moving in between jobs with different pay wages and almost no employee benefits at all.

That being said, I do not have medical insurance, dental insurance or any means of finances to get myself professional help for the mental illness or for the major health issues that I am facing currently. I am still struggling to maintain the strength and self-discipline to survive, so I have been in between jobs (again). The jobs I have been working recently has been no where near enough pay to survive or catch up on my bills with the deadlines due, as well as the bills that are beyond past due.

My friends, it saddens me to admit that I have hit rock bottom...suffering in this deep financial hole that I cannot dig myself out of.

Because of this, I am also unable to help support or provide for my family (my father, younger sister & younger brother).

My father has his own health issues that we cannot afford to take care of. The doctor has recommended surgery on his colon to help save him, but again, we do not have medical insurance or enough finances to follow through with the procedure. If we did, he would still be out of work for over a month while he heals from the surgery, which means he would not be able to work; which also means that we would even more so not be able to live or survive in the reality of this life of non-stop bills for all types of things.

My entire life I have watched my dad work almost 24/7 to keep a roof over our heads, and now I pray to God every day that he survives another day.

At 25, I have barely been able to actually "live" in this life. It has always been about survival. Now that I have lost so many friends and family members to death, my worldview has changed. I do not want to be another victim of the "American Dream." I want to be able to take care of myself, take care of my family, take care of my father's health issues before it's too late, continue to succeed in life, and simply be able to travel and see the big, beautiful planet Earth that we call home. As we all know, life is too short.

I am reaching out in hopes of a miracle. GoFundMe requires a goal, but we welcome any support to our family in this time of need.

Thank you for supporting me, my father Francisco, my sister Tiffani, and my brother Julian, and sending love in these darkest days.

With all my love,

Jasmine Escoba