Our dear friend, Oxana Safronova, has been been unable to pay her rent since

August due to staff cutbacks at her place of employment. With years of experience in all aspects food service plus recent part-time work as a gallery assistant, her search for

a job has been unsuccessful and her quarterly earnings were not enough to qualify for

unemployment.

The fact that she still has a roof over head is thanks to the remarkable

forbearance of her landlady who has allowed the debt to mount because she so

admires Oxana’s courage and talents. But even such patience and grace has a limit,

and Oxana’s feelings of shame and guilt over the debt do not help her fragile condition.

She is bravely coping with depression and complex PTSD, in addition to being

neurodivergent and on the autism spectrum. None of this prevents her from working

when given the chance, or making a significant mark in the arts and our culture.

Her short experimental dance film “Feel The Void” was officially selected by the Dance

Camera West Film Festival 2023 and has received recognition from several European

film festivals. Her short stories have been published in the Santa Monica Review and

presented live in the prestigious New Short Fiction Series. Her poem "Death of a

Soldier" in response to the war in Ukraine appeared in Consequence Forum.

With our fundraising goal of $8,000, Oxana can settle her rent debt and cover

basic living expenses.

Our other goal is reaching out to you and people you may know who can offer employment, preferably part-time. Oxana can work remotely or travel to

anywhere in Los Angeles served by public transportation. With part-time work and any

money still accessible to her from this campaign, Oxana will be able to cover tuition and

continue the creative studies at Santa Monica College that have become so much a part

of her healing.