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<div>My name is Touraya, and I am creating this fundraiser for my big sister, Kiana, who some of you know as Monét.
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<div>Three days after celebrating her 32nd birthday in New York City, surrounded by the people she loves, Kiana's life was turned upside down in an instant.
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<div>On February 16th, Kiana was riding home to Elkton, Maryland, in her power wheelchair alongside the road, doing what she does every day: navigating the world with quiet strength and refusing to let anything slow her down. Without warning, a vehicle came crashing into the back of her wheelchair from behind. The impact was violent and immediate. She was thrown from her chair and onto the ground, helpless, in the dark, on the side of the road.
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<div>The driver fled.
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<div>She lays there, with two broken legs, alone.
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<div>The driver was eventually caught further down the road and was reportedly driving under the influence of alcohol. But the damage was already done.
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<div>In the moments after the crash, Kiana told us that her biggest fear was not the pain. It was not the broken bones. Her biggest fear was not being able to see her son again. That is the kind of mother Kiana is.
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<div>For nearly four years, Kiana has been raising her son, Khari, completely on her own. He will turn 4 years old soon, and in his entire life, his mother has never stopped showing up for him, not for a single day. Not once. Despite everything she faces, she has always found a way.
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<div>And she faces more than most people will ever understand.
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<div>Kiana was born with Charcot Marie Tooth. She walked as a little girl, full of life and fight, but by the age of 13, her body required her to use a wheelchair full-time. That could have broken her spirit. It did not. Instead, she built a full, beautiful life from that chair. She travels. She celebrates. She mothers. She shows up for the people she loves in ways that put able-bodied people to shame. Her wheelchair was never a limitation. It was her freedom.
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<div>And now that freedom has been taken from her by a drunk driver.
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<div>Kiana is now facing months of inpatient rehabilitation. Months away from her home. Months away from her son. Two broken legs, a body already navigating the daily challenges of charcot marie tooth and the weight of knowing that her little boy needs her while she is physically unable to be there in the way she wants to be.
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<div>I have watched my big sister move through this world, and honestly, she leaves me in awe. To be born into a body that the world was not built for, to lose the ability to walk at 13, to raise a child alone, to do all of it with grace and joy and fight, and to still show up as the most vibrant person in every room she enters, that is not something most people could do. I am not sure I could do it. But Kiana does it every single day, and she makes it look like love.
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<div>She has spent her whole life showing up for others. Now it is our turn to show up for her. And I am asking the public to help me show up BIG for my sister, because she deserves nothing less.
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<div>We are raising $25,000 to cover:
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<li>Medical expenses and costs associated with her months long rehabilitation stay
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<li>A new power wheelchair, which is essential to her independence and her ability to mother her son
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<li>Around the clock childcare for Khari while Kiana is in rehab and unable to care for him herself
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<li>Rent and daily living expenses so she does not return home to financial devastation after months away
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<li>Legal fees, as this fight is far from over
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<li>Travel costs for the family to visit her during her rehabilitation
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<div>$25,000 sounds like a lot until you realize what months of rehabilitation, a specialized power wheelchair, full-time childcare for a toddler, and months of rent and living expenses actually cost for a single mother with no safety net. Every dollar of this will be used to make sure Kiana can heal without the added trauma of losing everything she has built while she does it.
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<div>Her mobility is her independence. It is how she works, how she parents, how she lives. Without her wheelchair, she cannot function. Without financial support right now, she cannot survive this.
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<div>Kiana has never asked for help. She has never wanted to be seen as someone who needs saving. But right now, she needs her people to show up for her the way she has always shown up for everyone else.
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<div>Please donate if you can. Please share this if you cannot. Every single dollar and every single share brings her one step closer to coming home to her son.
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<div>Khari needs his mother. And Kiana needs us.
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<div>We love you, Kiana. We are coming for you. ❤️
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