This week, my beloved 27-year-old sister, Lena, got into a car accident that totaled her car. She'd bought this car with her hard-earned life savings, set on building a life for herself through dance.

Within the past year, she's relied on Uber and Lyft driving to help pay for her monthly bills, stretching herself thin with late hours and early mornings. But as a result, she'd signed on with a dance company in Atlanta, GA and has been teaching locally in Greenville, SC to make ends meet.

Her personal car insurance refused to cover the totaled car because she was driving for Lyft at the time of the accident (on the way to pick up a passenger), and it is now her responsibility to find another car and restart her life.

She has been one of the hardest workers I've ever known - staying up until 3am to complete rides only to wake up early to practice her choreography and prep for her classes. And still, she finds a way to learn different styles of dance and market herself as a choreographer. She lives and breathes dance, it is in her blood.

Now, she has no car, no mode of transportation to get to teach her classes, and she has been forced to put the opportunities of her dream to a halt. Her car had been her way to make a living by driving herself to her classes and by earning money through rideshare.

I'm urging you to find any donation you can give so that my sister can get back on her feet and keep pursuing her dreams.

The goal for this GoFundMe is to raise enough money so that Lena can buy another vehicle and get back on track. Our first goal is 10K.

You can see an example video of her dance journey here

This is a workshop she attended to help grow her dance technique. She's in the middle.