I am a five-time author, TEDx speaker, journalist with 18 years of experience, and an accomplished actor and filmmaker who started acting at the age of five years old.

I wrote a best-selling book about Nashville, a city I lived in for 11 years, as well as a book about London that went viral in 2023.

In addition, I have also written, produced, and starred in my own award-winning films like "Snowflake," for which I won Best Actor for playing a social media influencer who has a nervous breakdown from focusing too much on herself. I have also written a film, "You First," about the drug epidemic, which was nominated for Best Narrative Short.

I have created and produced many humanitarian projects that championed victims of homelessness, refugees, teachers, and nonprofit leaders, all of whom I consider real-life heroes.

My most recent achievement was a talk show called "Nashville Conversations," which aired on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple.

All of my projects have focused on empathy, kindness, and compassion.

Recently, within the last three months, I lost all of my work for no explanation. This caused me, amongst finding out my apartment was infested with black mold and toxic chemicals that caused tremors, partial blindness, insomnia, indigestion, brain fog, uncontrollable anxiety, and OCD tendencies, amongst a host of other symptoms, to become homeless.

No one would take me in and I had absolutely no work. Therefore, I moved to Los Angeles, a city that I love, for work.

From there, I went to Costa Rica to visit family and stay with them for free. Then I decided to go to London, a city I have lived in and where I have many friends, to visit them and get a break from my trauma.

However, in London, a city that I adore, something horrific happened. Somehow, someway naked photos were released of me on the Internet, which was so traumatic that it caused me to have a nervous breakdown. As someone who would never do nudity in acting or photo shoots, this was my worst nightmare. It felt like I had been gang raped by whoever did this horrific and traumatic act.

I was so traumatized that I checked myself into a hospital, which concluded that I had, indeed, had a nervous breakdown.

From there, I was transferred to a psychiatric hospital owned by the NHS for patients who have experienced trauma.

For the last month, I have been in a psychiatric unit in London trying to cope with my stress while also dealing with screaming, violence amongst the patients, and constant noise caused by inflammatory interactions.

My nervous system is completely shot and I am still in shock by how cruel people can be.

My wish is to return to Costa Rica, the country of peace, to my real family who I love and adore.

I need help with the essentials: paying off my debt to a student housing accomodation in London, food, possibly renting a hotel room before I see my family, and getting myself to and from the airport.

My goal is to use my trauma through YouTube, podcast interviews, and editorials on Substack to help other victims of rape and trauma.

If you are willing to give even a couple of dollars, it would be most appreciated, and I will happily say a prayer for you and your family.

Thank you for reading and may God bless your soul and your family's,

Lily C Hansen

P.S. If you would like to contribute in another way please email me at [email redacted]