Hi! My name is Shantel. I am a hard working full time mom and an Entrepreneur in Baltimore, Maryland. I own and operate a Pro Makeup Artistry company with a great reputation and over 10 years of consistent clientele (shantelthemua.com). I went full time during the pandemic after loosing my Marketing Director position. I have an amazing seven-year-old son that I am supporting on my own financially. Over the past few months, I have been experiencing some challenges in business revenue, which has created a major setback in my ability to cover basic living expenses for my son and I. It has all snowballed and I am now over my head in financial distress. I am currently 4 months behind on my rent and am facing an upcoming eviction from a home that I have been renting for 13 years. This is the only home my son knows and I am confident that if I can catch up this month that I will be back on track financially with incoming invoice revenue from clients scheduled this month and contracted jobs that have been scheduled. My landlord that has been more than understanding. I have applied for several jobs to catch up on my expenses with little success. This has been a challenging time for small businesses and creatives in my area for some time now, with the change in the economy for those who support our businesses in general. It is very unlikely for me to get on a public platform to ask for help, but social services has not even been able to help financially with a lot of those struggling locally even with employment. Many of the grants that are typically available to help those in situations like myself have been exhausted. I have gone to over 12 agencies in my area who typically are able to help out with those who are in these financial situations, and all have stated that they are funds are not available and have been drained at this time. As humble as I know how, I am only asking to be caught up on my rent to avoid being set out in eviction. $4000-5000, but anything will help reach my goal. I am appreciative of any help or resources financially or otherwise that could be offered to me. I am not even asking for money to be directly made out to myself, but donated funds can also be made out to my landlord directly. I appreciate anyone reading this that is taking the time to understand my story in my situation. I pray that this reaches an individual or company that may be able to help in anyway possible God bless.