Hello, this is really difficult for me to share.

My name is Stacey Soyland and my brother is Ernest Lee Mitchell. This year has been a terrible year for my brother. He was leading a critical project for national defense when he was let go from Wright-Patterson Airforce Base without warning because he was a probationary employee randomly selected by DOGE and Trump administration to be terminated. He lost his job in May and has been struggling to get back into the defense aerospace industry. My brother has had emotional breakdowns due to loss of job and the financial hardships that come with it. My brother has Asperger’s syndrome, which is a high function form of Autism. Never the less my brother Ernest Lee is a kind, near genius young man I have known throughout my life. He was one of the top students in his class at high school and has a Master’s Science in Electrical Engineering from Wright State University. He is planning to pursuit a Doctorate in Engineering in Electrical Engineering.

Right now, Ernest Lee does contract for Lyft and Amazon Flex as well as Freelancing for a woman who’s daughter was horribly beaten in Indiana as such he is making a novel way to prove the abusers committed the act using his strong background in mathematical analysis and physics. But he needs all the support he can get financially so he can stay strong in his tough times and as such he needs following support:

1.) Rent for remaining months on his lease (4000 USD)

2.) Tax payment (he calculated his tax bill for 2025 will be 3000 USD)

3.) Medical bills (he was hospitalized briefing due to financial stress beating him down, 750 USD)

4.) Car Payment (so he can go back and forth to his gig jobs until the defense contractors hire again which will happen around February, 1500 USD)

And so the campaign is 9000 USD. I am not usually someone who asks for help on behalf of a relative because there is always a weighted sense of guilt and embarrassment and wanting to be self-sustaining. But my brother dearly needs the help he can get so he don’t feel fearful of losing everything he has worked for that he fears will be lost through no fault of his own. He is a great man and can hold a job, it was just the DOGE decided because he was a probationary employee he was thrown out of his job that he loved which was in RF Engineering.

There's still hope. There are opportunities he is chasing. He just needs financial support to get through this trial until he gets hired again. I really appreciate you taking the time to read this, allowing me to be vulnerable and express my brother’s trials affecting him. My brother has a resume and can be found on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernestleemitchell/ and his GitHub is at www.github.com/ErnestLeeMitchell.

Thank you

Stacey and Earl Soyland with Barry Whittington