Firstly, thank you to my friend Naida who assisted me in creating this fundraiser. With life currently, it would have not been possible. Its taken so much encouragement & courage to have the strength to finally open up & ask for community support. I'm grateful how initially help has come from the most unexpected places and same time surprised where I have been left on read knowing what I just experienced.

I've always been the person to help anytime I saw someone in need even if it meant giving the last of what I had. I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing I could have helped but didn't. I never thought I'd find myself in the position where the worst has happened, I've exhausted all saved/built resources, physically disabled and now the person who needs supports. 

  Why We Deeply Need Your Support

From the start, it’s been just the two of us— Every expense, housing, school, visas, and medical care has always fallen solely on me as someone with 0 family, raised in orphanages & went on to give birth alone with no aid from anyone.  I worked especially excruciatingly hard to secure a life for us these past 5 years.

However, one night recently everything changed. I went from the peak of our dreams & my career to almost losing my life, major ability to function and our lives changing forever

Currently my toddler & I are going through a very difficult time after a series of life-altering events recently. We underwent a home break-in which resulted in me being raped/sexual assaulted which ended in multiple surgeries, brain injury/fractured skull, among many other physical, emotional and psychological damages. While I'm grateful I am alive... As a result, I have been forced to take time off work, high risk for brain aneurysm among the many layers of aftermath.

My current medical condition & injuries alone leave me unable to perform my previous businesses due to my post trauma conditions, brain injury, memory problems & speech impairment I'm still in treatment for/in and out of hospital visits.

I've been extremely afraid to open publicly & share my story or ask for help being the one many have looked to for my freedom lifestyle & career choices, but I'm drowning & have a little one who depends on me. While I have attempted to push myself to work normal again multiple times against doctors orders,  its resulted in multiple seizures landing me back in the hospital with even more bills as my body struggles to recover physically, mentally, emotionally under this current state of stress and financial obstacles

I currently have some income from my social media monetization repurposing old content (only reason I'm still online) that would typically be able to support our usual living costs and expenses, but due to the severity of what happened, medical treatments, how far behind I am in expenses, lack of clarity in my physical/mental capabilities, we have immediate needs that leave us in dire need of immediate financial assistance.

I have felt very afraid to ask for help, people knowing what happened to me and being vulnerable. I stuck it out as long as I can, however, I realize, I cannot get out from under this alone. We need support from the community to get through this, get the treatments/medical procedures needed, and eventually have space to breathe again & finally heal.
 

I urgently need help to:

• Maintain stable housing, monthly bills, food expenses & transport – $2000/month
• Pay overdue legal fees – $3,000 to recover my passport plus pay off past due tax debts & legal fees in order to keep our visa in Indonesia & avoid current deportation threat we are under

• Clear urgent debts – $4,800 owed to various loans now past due I took post incident to pay for immediate needs such as housing, medical treatments, my daughters school and so on. 

• Assistance to cover my daughter’s school fees – $2,000 due May 1st

• Pay off medical bills past due & maintain current treatments, therapy, mandatory testing, medical screenings/bloodwork, observations, and medication while in recovery of $10k+

• Fly to the U.S. for some advance medical screenings unable to receive here to ensure my full recovery as well as renew daughter’s passport,  & deal with some legal aspects – $6,500

These are some of the primary concerns I need immediate help with. Along side the needs for continued treatment, I also have loan repayments & other financial obligations Im unable to pay at this time due to our main priorities listed above leaving no additional income

Why This Matters & Needs Immediate Attention:

I’ve fought through unimaginable hardship—. Despite all of this, I’ve kept pushing forward, trying to work, build my businesses, and be the best mom. But right now, I’m drowning and fighting to heal at the same time all while being a single mom with no one to help & limited resources.

For friends who prefer direct donation my paypal & zelle is under Kbrodycz@Gmail.com

If you ARE UNABLE TO DONATE, SHARING THIS FUNDRAISER would mean the world to me.  I only ask to not use my Full name (please use Katie) & also please do not share  personal images of our faces, due to the nature of it being a Sexual Assault, I do not want it publicly displayed, especially as a mom. 

There was a point after it happened, I contemplated doing the unthinkable. The pain I felt, trying to balance being a mom, smiling through the pain. But my little girl saved me, because of her & my love of being a mom, I kept going. She has been my medicine. And now we need your help more than ever. Everything I've done since it's happened is to maintain her healthy home and balance, setting aside my own struggles. 

However at this time I recognize that I can't continue to fighting this battle silently and alone.  We are deeply grateful for any help—thank you from the bottom of our hearts.