The past two years have been extremely hard for me. I've gone through a treacherous divorce and an extremely contentious custody battle. The only constant in my life was my job. I am a nurse practitioner and have worked in healthcare for the past 20 years. Now I've lost my income and health benefits because I can't turn a blind eye to working in unsafe conditions, because I can't look away from unsafe conditions for my patients. I am one of the 15,000 nurses who have been on strike for the past three weeks in NYC. We have foregone a paycheck for the past 3 weeks, as the greedy hospital systems we work for profit. I have been out there in the cold fighting for my rights, my patient's rights, and for nurses rights throughout this nation.

Although I am fighting for a good cause the world does not stop, our bills do not stop, our children do not cease to exist. I know that times are tough for so many but I humbly ask you if there's anything you can give to help myself and my children get through this I would be eternally grateful. As a nurse, I'm very bad at asking for help, so this is extremely hard for me. But I do know that the worst thing that can happen is for someone to say no. I'll take that chance and I'll hope for the yes. I'll hope for the human in humanity. I thank you all and I will continue to fight for all of us.