hi guys!

This is my chocolate and dance fund. I am a dancer, pianist, and artist who lives in Portland, OR.

My dad is getting older (he is close to 80) and at this present moment I am living out of my car because the cost of living is too high for me and I don't have a family I can fall back on to help. Dad is a veteran who served in the Vietnam War and he is a lovely human.

At this specific moment in time, I am finding myself feeling really capable, healthy, very underemployed, and seeking to find ethical ways to create income for myself and pay bills. I have played the piano since I was 3 and I love to play the piano. My dance background is also a blessing and a field that I hope to find work in - the dance industry is the one place that I have felt the most resonance in. My other passions are the environment, environmentally conscious architecture, and music of all genres.

This gofundme is to help me follow my dreams - it's my dance and chocolate fund. The money here will go towards helping me get my basic needs met (housing, food, gas). I am hoping that with enough stability I can have a piano performance for the folks that donate to this fund.

Beyond accepting donations to the dance and chocolate fund, I am also EXTREMELY open to job offers and possibilities. Know someone who needs help organizing their home? Know someone who needs a personal assistant? Know someone who wants a one on one health coaching session (I am a certified yoga teacher and practice a lot)? Know a coffee shop/bar/spa that's hiring that will take a chance on me? Need a nanny?

As a thank you for your donation, I will write you an improvised piano piece and send it your way, or a poem if that is your preference! I am also happy to provide a tarot reading and 30 minute tarot-talk through what you are feeling session. Tarot cards are fun and I have a pack of them. The tarot reading can help you work on a specific area of life you might want to work on: your creative practice, your yoga practice, or maybe you just need a friend to talk to.

I greatly appreciate any help I receive right now! I am definitely trying my best and help is so appreciated.

I come from a family that loves me a lot but cannot fully support me, so it is necessary that I find my own way in the world.

Your favorite starving artist (pianist and dancer)

Lizzie