Support Elizabeth's Journey to a Safe & Finished Van Build!

For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Madison Vauters :). I’m a 25 year old solo female traveler who’s been living on the road & in my van for the past 8 months now. I work as an Obstetric Travel Nurse so I move often to different parts of the country! This fundraiser is for someone whose really important to me who I’ve meet during my travels.

To my dear friend Elizabeth, the first person I’ve ever caravaned with :)

While traveling through Santa Barbara, CA I met Elizabeth & her pup Mr. P at a beautiful spot on the beachfront. She welcomed me with an open heart & showed me an immense amount of kindness. Took me to her spots on the coast where I woke up safely in the morning & stepped in the sand when leaving the van.

We shared stories of our lives, watched the eclipse together, & laughed more than I ever had. For a time when she wasn’t being a working model, she toured the world with Phil Rudd (the AC/DC drummer), was a Sassoon trained hair stylist at the famous Umberto in Beverly Hills, a flight attendant, & owned a construction company for decades where she was an interior designer. All while being a mother. She’s been powerhouse of a woman her entire life.

She helped me see my privilege of being able to choose to live in a van & to do so in luxury. So many women have no other option but live in their vehicle. Elizabeth’s life was greatly affected by the Malibu wildfires in 2020 & top of that, contracted West Nile virus from a mosquito bite. These circumstances forced her to close business & lose her income. She found herself needing to live in and build out a van out of necessity. She’s been building out her van for the past 3 years now with little resources due to finances. She has relied greatly on the kindness of strangers & now has a great opportunity to drive out to Colorado to have it finally be finished. Vanderella - her van, IS A DREAM HOME ON WHEELS!! When there in person, you can see that her decades of experience building/designing homes have been integrated so well into the van. She cares greatly about the quality of the build to assure that it’s a safe & beautiful place to live.

This gofundme is to help her pay for the fuel to get out there, materials for the build & labor costs. Fuel isn’t cheap out West and vans aren’t known for having great gas mileage. I’ve never asked anyone for money but I would really love for any of my people to donate just a little to help someone who I consider family. You meet so many incredible people on the road and I would greatly appreciate it for my people to pay it forward for someone who really deserves it.

She has changed my life in such a positive way & I hope to repay it back :) I will be sure to keep everyone updated on how she’s doing and upload pictures of the van when it’s done!

Thank you :)