Help Us Get Into Our Own Place Before Our Baby Arrives

My wife Olivia and I have been living in a single bedroom in my mom’s house since April 2025. One room, five Cairn Terriers, my mom’s boyfriend, and now a baby due in September.

We are grateful to have a roof over our heads, but this is not a stable place to bring a newborn home to. We need to get into our own place before our son arrives.

I moved us from the Midwest to Sacramento for a job in biohazard remediation. After the company lost a contract, my hours dropped. Then six weeks ago, I was fired over the content I post online about my work.

I was given a choice: delete my content, or lose the job.

I chose to keep the content.

That choice was not about pride. It was about purpose. I was being asked to admit fault where there was none and walk away from work that has genuinely helped people. Families have reached out to thank me for telling these stories with humanity. My platform has also helped raise money for victims and their loved ones.

Since losing that job, I have been betting on what I built.

In the middle of all this, I grew a following of more than 150,000 people across three platforms, launched an app for expecting dads, and filed the Articles of Incorporation for Fair Ground Advocates, a nonprofit I founded to protect vulnerable people from exploitation and push for more transparency and oversight.

That mission is personal to me.

I know what it is like to be in a vulnerable position. I have lived through addiction, prison, and the kind of instability that can swallow people whole. I turned my life around, built a marriage, built a platform, and now I am trying to build a real future for my family and for the people I hope to serve.

We have done everything we can from one bedroom.

Now we need enough breathing room to take the next step.

Funds will go toward:

First month’s rent, last month’s rent, and security deposit

Health and car insurance

Baby essentials and nursery setup

Creating a stable place for us to live and work from home

Goal: $14,000

Funny enough, $14,000 is the same amount one company tried to charge a grieving family for a cleanup that should have cost less than $2,500. That is part of the world I am trying to change.

My long-term vision is bigger than this moment. I want to help build a future where no family is exploited in the aftermath of trauma, and no one is left alone to navigate what comes next.

Right now, though, the immediate goal is simple:

Help us get into our own place before our baby arrives.

Thank you for reading, for sharing, and for helping us build a stable home for our family.