My name is Miah and I am 21 years old and currently homeless. I ran away when I was 18 due to the physical and mental abuse that I was going through and moved in with my (now ex) boyfriend and his family at the time. I was then financially supporting the both of us and was trying to get us both on track but unfortunately burned myself out from doing both of our school work and more. We were very low on money, living off my money which caused a lot of stress and resentment and having the stress of two people was very hard on me.

At a last resort to fix our situation, I got him a job where his boss said he would make six figures if he got a work car, so I gifted him my car and got a new one and only put down one thousand so my payments including insurance are about one point five thousand a month. That is basically rent where i live. I was told I could live there rent free for a few years so I thought the car idea would be my way of paying rent and helping them out but since most of my money was going to the car payments and I had nothing else to give, my role there wasn’t as important and we are no longer together. (this is for the best!)

I am a pet sitter but I live out of my car and I just would like to get back on track. I have about thirty thousand in debt and my credit score is weak due to letting it sit and my bad habit of people others before me. I would like to get back on track, go to school, raise my credit score, and get my own place by my twenty second birthday which is in September.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my story.

Things I am saving for

30k - my car

2k old school debt

1.5k maxed out credit card

4-5k for new place ( first deposit and rent)

2k for braces ( i need to get braces and jaw surgery)