I am grateful that you are here.

This month, I will undergo breast cancer surgery. Four weeks later, I will begin chemotherapy and radiation. It is a road I never imagined walking this year—yet it is the one before me, and I am meeting it with as much strength as I can gather.

This is my first time asking for this kind of support. It comes after years of compounded challenges, including a profound loss of marital support that has reshaped my life in ways I am still learning to navigate.

I will be unable to work for at least three months. During this time, I will need stable housing, transportation to medical appointments, and help covering medical and recovery-related expenses—basic needs that now feel uncertain.

What makes this season especially heavy is that I am largely walking it alone. I do not have a nearby support system or the kind of familial backing one might expect in a moment like this.

So I am asking, with humility and honesty, for your support.

Any contribution—no matter the amount—will go directly toward medical costs, housing during treatment, transportation, and creating the stability I need to focus on healing. Truly, no gesture is too small. Every act of kindness helps carry me through.

And because I believe deeply in reciprocity and community, I want to offer this: after August 2026, when I am further along in my recovery, I would be honored to support something meaningful to you—a cause, a business, a vision you are building. Please reach out to me then. It would mean so much to give back.

This has been an extraordinarily difficult and eye-opening year—but even here, I am reminded that I am not entirely alone.

Thank you for being here. Thank you for your kindness.

Always,

With gratitude,

Rochelle