Hello, my name is Naomi Moreno. I’m currently 19 years old, fresh out of high school. As we all know 2020 has been a rough year for many people including myself. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has happen, it has caused many to lose their jobs, homes, special events and of course the hardest of them all a loved one. For me it has made a lot of things every difficult. Currently I am bouncing from home to home or hotels because I was no longer welcome in my household. I was kicked out towards the end of August because of toxic family behavior. Shortly after moving in with a friend, I lost my job. I paid rent and helped out with groceries, gas, clothes and other things the 5,000 dollars I had saved from all my paychecks decreased very fast. Money was also stolen from me which pushed me to move out from the home I was in. Since Covid happen not many people were willing to extend a hand and have someone live with them. So I started to use my credit card to pay for hotels and food so I can eat. Finding jobs were even more difficult because we were still in our high alerts, many jobs did not want to higher new people because it could cause the risk of others getting sick. So as you can imagine my credit card debit increased and now I’m paying for it. Finally got a job last month but none of my paychecks are of much help to me at the moment because I’m trying to pay off my credit card debit. Besides losing a home and a job I stopped attending church and stopped being part of my ministry I love playing instruments writing songs and singing but started to losing my motivation… lately it’s been difficult especially being a person of faith it has caused me to lose hope and wonder why I must struggle the way that I am now. I can’t lie money does not bring happiness but it can cause depression especially when you get in a really bad place. When I couldn’t afford a hotel or find a place to stay sleeping outside was what I knew best but being a girl it puts you more as a target for terrible things to happen… and I forgive those men who have hurt me but sadly I’m still lost and numb inside. I lost the privilege of being the first in my family to walk the stage as I graduate with a 4.05 and in gold. I missed celebrating holidays with people I love and instead learned to just be alone. My birthday just passed in February so spending my 19th birthday alone was just really tough. And although I was going through a rough time my mind started to take me place where I didn’t want to be. I tried to look for the good in life and find small things to be my inspiration. Slowly my light is starting to return people are starting to get better the pandemic isn’t as scary as it was before my school is opening up and I found someone that I truly love who has been trying to help me to the best of his abilities. I know my story isn’t much and I understand many people are in need of help who deserve it a lot more than I do but all I’m asking for is a little because anything can go a big way. I don’t have a car or a solid place to stay and that’s all I aspire to have right now a place of my own where I can build myself back up and feel safe and a car to help me go to work and come back without having to walk late at night or take a bus or an Uber. I promise I just want to achieve my goals and show everyone that I was able to make it through my rough patch. I want to achieve my goal of getting my degrees and working as an OB or Neonatal nurse. And eventually when I get there I hope my story can be an inspiration to someone else that no matter how bad the storm may be the sun will always come back and shine on a brighter day.
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