Please Help Me Land on My Feet Before August

Hi, my name is Jillie, and I’m a neurodivergent college student trying to survive an emotionally unstable and unsupportive home environment before I transfer to my new university this August.

I’ve spent the past few years trying to build a future for myself - juggling school, survival, and big dreams - while quietly enduring a toxic living situation. I don’t have a safety net. My mother refuses to support me, emotionally or financially, and my father lives abroad with limited resources. I’ve been trying to hold everything together alone, but it’s reaching a breaking point.

This summer, I need help getting from bare survival to safe stability so I can start the next chapter of my life with strength.

Why I’m Fundraising

In August, I’ll be starting fresh as a transfer student at a university in Charlotte. While my financial aid will cover housing on campus, I still need help getting through the transition: moving out, feeding myself, affording basic necessities, health insurance, phone bills, and giving myself time to breathe and stabilize before school begins and until I can find a new job in my university's city.

This fundraiser will help me:

~ Move out of my current living situation

~ Afford food, hygiene, and transportation through the summer

~ Buy essential school and creative supplies

~ Buffer the gap between now and when financial aid refunds arrive

~ Regulate my mental health and stay afloat while job-hunting

Even $10 helps. Everything helps. Your support gives me time, peace, and space to rebuild.

Who I Am

I’m more than my survival. I’m an artist at heart - gentle, thoughtful, and full of ideas that I haven’t had the stability to share with the world yet fully. I write. I sing. I create. I’m still becoming.

My dreams are real, even if they feel far away right now. I’ve made it this far through persistence and grace. But right now, I need support to keep going.

If you’ve ever been in that in-between space where you’re trying to build something beautiful out of nothing, I hope you will understand.

✨ Thank You for Seeing Me

This is temporary. I won’t need help forever, but I do need it now.

If you can donate, thank you.

If you can share this, thank you.

If you read this and said a silent prayer or sent love, thank you.

~ Jillie

Update ✨

Wow!!! God bless every single one of you who donated so far! Your support means the world to me given the situation I’m in.

Just last night, I was crying, desperately praying for a way to survive all of this with my dignity and mental health still intact. And now, I’m genuinely on the verge of tears again... but this time because I feel seen.

I don’t know how to thank you all enough, but I promise I will work hard, stay focused, and become the successful, healed version of myself I know I can be.

Note: I’m still learning how this platform works, but I’ve discovered that GoFundMe breaks up goals into milestones. So you may notice the goal adjusting (from $1,500 to $2,800) as we work our way toward my full $7,000 goal.

Every single dollar and share gets me closer to safety, stability, and a fresh start in August. Thank you again - truly!

~ Jillie