She will be spending another month in a hospital, which leaves her with no income. Her friends and family are hoping Ana will be able to fullfil one of her biggest dream - to compete in a Latin dance competition abroad in Vienna in 6 months. She also needs to cover her medical bills, therapies and basic necessities.

Whole story of what happened to Ana :

This is Ana, my best friend of 12 years. She is an amazing competitive Latin and Ballroom dancer who won numerous competitions and awards. She is also one of the kindest, most caring people I know. When we first met, 12 years ago, I didn't speak a word of English as I am a daughter of Czech immigrants who moved to New York a month before Ana and I met. She was the first person in this strange new place who made me feel like I belonged. Every day she would help me with homework and practise English with me. After 3 months of her constant help, I became nearly fluent.

A week ago, something unthinkable happened to Ana.

Ana was returning home from a dance practice. She lives in a fairly safe neighborhood and her dance studio is within walking distance from her flat. It was almost midnight by the time she took off. Ana doesn't remember the exact moment she was ambushed, nor what happened after that. The doctors say this is either due to a concussion she suffered after being hit on the head by her attacker or it's something they call "motivated forgetting", a defence mechanism in which people unconsciously forget traumatic events. They say its not impossible for Ana to regain some of her memories.

Ana was found unconscious the next morning. She was rushed to the hospital where she regained conciousness. 

She was sexually assaulted, repeatedly hit on the head, stabbed four times, beaten and bruised. While her physical injuries are not life-threatning, she suffers horrible PTSD and various other mental problems. It breaks my heart to see her like this.

I am absolutely sure, however, she will not give up and eventually she will recover. There is a dance competiton abroad in Vienna which Ana was training for, for over a year. It is one of her biggest dream to be able to compete there. The competition is in 6 months and we are all hoping she will recover quickly enough to make it to Vienna in time.