Ontiveros Emergency Fund
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Hello, my name is Eduardo Ontiveros, and I currently reside just outside Houston, Texas.
I have been working small jobs since i was 13, starting out as event staff in kids parties, as well as janitorial duties on a paintball range back in Mexico where I grew up.
I took a break from school when i was 18 to help support my family after my parents separated. My mother since contracted an chronic illness which makes her unable to work and have a sustainable income on her own.
To make it worse, around that time my brother got into a motorcycle accident that broke 3 vertebrae in his spine. His back will never fully recover, and as such he can only do very minor jobs, if any at all.
My aunt helped us out financially for a while, lending us money for medicine and basic supplies, and because of her i could go back to school at the age of 19.
While I resumed my studies, i was working in a callcentre on the side to gather funds, but my single salary wasn't enough on its own to cover our needs.
We own a house in San Diego which we intend to rent out to help with our situation, but it needs to be restored to proper standards before we can take anyone in.
This is why I moved to the United States about a year ago, and I have been splitting my paychecks between my family and the repairs to the house.
I am now 23 years old, and we just received news that my aunt, who has been helping us, is herself hospitalized with intestinal paralysis.
If we do not repay her what she loaned us, she will not be able to afford her own treatment, and it will probably cost her life.
And if she is gone, the well being of my whole family will be entirely up to me.
I am the only family member who can hold a job due to my mother and brother's conditions, but I cannot possibly cover all these expenses myself.
Working 75 hours a week, there is still no way i can repay my mothers debt in time.
My life is on hold, every wake moment spent at work, and I don't know what else i can do to try helping my family.
My aunt's bills are due in december, so i have a deadline i can adhere to.
I will do what i can to make as much money as possible, but any help, donations or tips would be very welcome!
Every dollar helps save my aunts life, and in turn my mothers.
Even if you cannot help through donations, I hope you will help me by spreading this message to someone you know.
Everything helps, so thank you in advance!
-Eduardo Ontiveros
I have been working small jobs since i was 13, starting out as event staff in kids parties, as well as janitorial duties on a paintball range back in Mexico where I grew up.
I took a break from school when i was 18 to help support my family after my parents separated. My mother since contracted an chronic illness which makes her unable to work and have a sustainable income on her own.
To make it worse, around that time my brother got into a motorcycle accident that broke 3 vertebrae in his spine. His back will never fully recover, and as such he can only do very minor jobs, if any at all.
My aunt helped us out financially for a while, lending us money for medicine and basic supplies, and because of her i could go back to school at the age of 19.
While I resumed my studies, i was working in a callcentre on the side to gather funds, but my single salary wasn't enough on its own to cover our needs.
We own a house in San Diego which we intend to rent out to help with our situation, but it needs to be restored to proper standards before we can take anyone in.
This is why I moved to the United States about a year ago, and I have been splitting my paychecks between my family and the repairs to the house.
I am now 23 years old, and we just received news that my aunt, who has been helping us, is herself hospitalized with intestinal paralysis.
If we do not repay her what she loaned us, she will not be able to afford her own treatment, and it will probably cost her life.
And if she is gone, the well being of my whole family will be entirely up to me.
I am the only family member who can hold a job due to my mother and brother's conditions, but I cannot possibly cover all these expenses myself.
Working 75 hours a week, there is still no way i can repay my mothers debt in time.
My life is on hold, every wake moment spent at work, and I don't know what else i can do to try helping my family.
My aunt's bills are due in december, so i have a deadline i can adhere to.
I will do what i can to make as much money as possible, but any help, donations or tips would be very welcome!
Every dollar helps save my aunts life, and in turn my mothers.
Even if you cannot help through donations, I hope you will help me by spreading this message to someone you know.
Everything helps, so thank you in advance!
-Eduardo Ontiveros
Organizer
Eduardo Gonzalez Rubio
Organizer
La Jolla, CA