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hello friends, family, and loved ones! and your friends, and their family, and so on !
i’m launching this funder so i may:
- travel to philly in july to support a member of my family through a big transition, providing relief around newborn baby stress & adjustment
- return home to puerto rico in august for a month long residency/work exchange, which entails caring for a disabled elder & living in a more rural part of the island (where?? http://www.auroralevinsmorales.com/residency-in-puerto-rico.html)
i’ve been living off of grant money and was not anticipating a return to PR so soon after my spring residency at Taller Malaquita (https://www.tallermalaquita.com) ~ the august residency was offered to me last minute due to someone dropping out.
i return from PR june 22nd and only have the month of july to gather myself - half of the month, really. it feels *bananas* to imagine finding full time work/side gigs only to leave again for all of august, and the elder i’ll be supporting doesn’t have the capacity to offer me a stipend. i will likely have a tiny source of income through august, which won’t be enough to cover my essentials between PR and MA.
0:-) i need : : : ! 0:-)
- to make up for lost income & to feel secure through back-to-back caregiving + travel
- to show up fully and responsibly in my caregiving without intense distraction or financial stress looming over me…this would negatively impact the people i have agreed to be present for/with
- to return home with a cushion for adjusting & taking time to find compatible work arrangements following a stretch of unemployment. before receiving my grant money, i was in and out of unhealthy/bad work environments and wish to find something better when the time comes
- to have personal funds in the case of an emergency, especially during hurricane season in PR
$ will go toward the following essentials:
- housing, renewing my lease
- food
- plane tickets + other/misc transportation costs…gas, insurance payment for the car i own in MA, etc.
- therapy
- cost of kiln firings & clay
- loan payments
i will adjust/lower my goal if my expenses change and will redistribute any unused funds <3
GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS to my support system for making this transitional phase shameless and sustainable. I'm so grateful and lucky and will continue giving back! i love you and feel loved ~*~*~
thanks for taking time with me 🪐
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