Help Luna Rebuild Her Life and Art Career

Hi, my name is Luna. Legally, I’m Dylan L. Stuart, and I previously went by Luke Stuart. I’m a 20-something artist and musician trying to put my life back together after experiencing workplace discrimination, financial collapse, and a sudden wave of instability that left me homeless and without access to my creative tools or income.

At the end of January 2025, I was arrested on false charges filed by my former roommate. I ended up spending around 70 days in jail. While I was away, without my consent, she moved all of my personal belongings—including property belonging to my small business, Jammo LLC—into a storage unit under her name. This happened despite a stay-away order. Neither she nor the leasing office notified me about the eviction or move, even though they knew where I was being held and could have contacted me. I wasn’t mailed, warned, or consulted.

When I got out in April, I learned that she’d been evicted herself due to her own misconduct with the building, and that my entire life had been packed away. To make things worse, about $1,200 in cash I had stashed in my room was gone. My roommate claimed she never saw it—or if it was taken, it was “used to help cover the $3,600 cost” of packing up my things. That money could’ve covered my share of rent during the time I was incarcerated. I was never given the chance to choose.

To this day, I still haven’t been able to recover my iPad Pro—my most essential tool as a digital illustrator. It’s supposedly somewhere in storage, but neither my friend (who’s been helping me) nor I have been able to locate it after digging through countless boxes. On top of that, my health makes things harder: I live with dysautonomia, which drains my energy and can cause me to faint if I overexert. It’s made things like lifting boxes or commuting for work pretty impossible right now. I need an iPad to make any of my commercial/professional level art, and I make all of my music on an iPad Pro. I've made like 7 albums for my music project Paaste on just my iPad Pro, and it was working fine. There wasn't any immediate need to replace my iPad Pro—it worked fine! But now it is nowhere to be found. Don’t get me wrong lol a lot of other stuff is misplaced—like where are some of my socks and bras?????

I’m currently pursuing a civil case against my former roommate, the moving company, Public Storage (for denying me jurisdiction over my own belongings) even still, and the old leasing office. I’m fighting to recover what was taken—my property, my livelihood, and some justice. But that can and likely will take a while to happen, and my situation is kindaaa of an emergency atp lol.

In the meantime, I’ve moved in with my friend (who I'll refer to as "M" for her privacy). She’s very generously offered me a safe place to stay, but I would otherwise be literally homeless rn. I’m doing my best to contribute—I’ve been using food stamps/SNAP/EBT to help buy food, though my benefits just went up for renewal, so even that’s paused for the moment. M’s support has been a literal lifesaver, but I know how much she’s already done for me, and I want to pull my own weight again as soon as I can.

This GoFundMe will help me meet my immediate needs: rent contributions, living expenses, and the essentials for rebuilding my creative practice. It’ll also help me relaunch my small business, pay collaborators and promoters fairly, and get back to a place where I can create and earn again.

And idk if I mentioned this yet, but I'm a trans woman and I’ve also been medically transitioning for about two years, but because of everything I’ve been thru, I haven’t had the consistent financial or emotional support to keep up with the medical care and legal updates I need. I’m preparing for procedures/appointments, and I’m working on finally updating my legal name and ID which is maddeningly embarrassing to show anyone in public. Right now, I still carry a photo and name that doesn’t reflect who I am anymore lol.

Another big piece of this is returning to school. Because of my health, I wasn’t able to finish my college degrees, but I’m determined to. I’m planning to complete my AA and BA—and maybe even a master’s someday. I’m passionate about linguistics, especially Japanese language studies, and I’ve worked before as an assistant in the Japanese manga industry. I also love art history and communications, and I’m excited to dive deeper into all of that.

I did attend art school originally, and I’ve thought about going back. But for now, I’m focusing on a more traditional academic path while keeping my art alive on the side. My creative work is how I make sense of my life—it’s my way of healing and building something truly my own. I dream of one day being able to live off my music and art completely, with the freedom to express myself fully and fiercely.

Thank you so much for reading and for supporting me <3

Much love!!

Luna

TL;DR:

I'm an artist and musician rebuilding after a storm of setbacks. I was wrongfully jailed for 70 days this year, and during that time, my former roommate (under a stay-away order) moved all my personal and business belongings—including essential art tools—without my consent. Over $1,200 went missing, and no one ever contacted me.

Now I’m staying with a friend, recovering from trauma, chronic illness, and financial loss while pursuing justice through a civil case. I’m also trying to restart my creative career, continue transitioning properly (I'm trans), and return to college to finish my degree pathway(s).

This GoFundMe will help cover rent, essentials, legal support, and creative recovery (like replacing my iPad Pro, which I need to continue my art career)—and more. If you can help, even a little—it truly means everything <3