Young entrepreneur needs help to be able to freelance

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Good day to all of you. I very much appreciate you taking a moment to read this.

In 2018, I suffered a car crash that left me with a broken knee and shoulder. Health insurance only covered one month of medications and no therapy. I had to spend the money I had saved during many years working as a licensed nurse. Due to my new condition, my contract was allowed to expire. I was also studying to realize my life long dream of becoming a filmmaker, which had to also stop. In my effort to get my insurance back, I hired a lawyer that only took the little money I had left (about $1500) but never heard from him again.

I was struggling to eat and to pay rent as, at the time and since 2012, I was living alone. All of that led me to a mental breakdown that almost took my life. It took until February 2020 for me to finally be able to walk properly again and to overcome part of my deep depression and forget most of the extreme thoughts I had in my head, especially since I felt so alone since my brother died in an accident. Needless to say, it has been a couple very difficult years for me but I have high hopes for a much better future.

The situation with COVID-19 didn't help in terms of employment. A nurse with trouble walking is of no use, and still recovering for my depression but currently in good spirits. I'm getting better and I want to work. Sadly, I had to sell most of my video equipment: camera, tripodes, lenses, etc., in order to afford my therapy and costly medicine. Just living out of occasional freelance work and with the help from my parents as food and roof over my head goes.

The recovery process from this difficult time in my life was long and painful, not just in terms of physical pain due to my injuries, but also regarding my mental health, a state of despair that left me questioning why did I spend so much time, youth and money on education for the system to discard me so easily. It makes you re-evaluate life and if it's even worth living it. I won't deny it took me months to regain hope in this world and in myself, that I was able to do so much and if the healthcare system didn't want me because of an accident, I should pursue my vocation with much force, an area where I could be appreciated for my talent: both mental and physical abilities that have so much to give, especially since I'm still so young. So, I slowly began taking on small freelance work: a photo session for a baptism, a wedding coverage, restauring old pictures, edit short ad videos for social media pages; things that I could do without being moving too much, as I was still unable to walk properly.To be able to take pictures or videos I rented them, which lower the profits quite significantly but I also took it as a means to distract myself with activities I truly enjoyed. For editing, my trusty laptop was a true warrior for many years and helped me a lot. This way I was able to occupy my mind and lift my spirit that, along with constant therapy, worked wonders for my health.


You can also see some of my work here
https://vimeo.com/katiaguerrero

However, since late last year, the state of my laptop has been steadily degrading, and it will stop working soon. The freelance work I am successfully doing now is community management, copywriting, screenplay supervising, photography and video editing for small businesses in my area. But I won’t be able to do this, let alone aspire to better things: better quality media content, ad video recording, gigs at weddings or birthdays and other gatherings, once the COVID situation allows it; if I don’t have the necessary tools.

The goal of my funding campaign is to be able to get the basic equipment I need to continue the business I have and to expand into the growing online media world market, not just locally, as I manage English pretty well and to be competitive in a market severely hit due to the world economic and health situation and the huge unemployment rates around the world, including my country.

I hope you found my story worthy of a donation. I will be forever grateful. Additionally, this campaign will have tier rewards as a thank you for your donation. I’ll handle requests for videos of any type (with pre-recorded video). I am also very excited to announce that the well known artist Rose De la Cruz has been kind enough to offer commissioned aquarela paintings as rewards for certain tiers. You can see more of her work on her Instagrams page: https://instagram.com/rosedelacruzart?igshid=q9y707sn38kb

I cannot thank you enough for taking the time to read this and consider supporting me. If you personally can't donate, please spread this crowdfunding among your friends and family.

My sincere greetings and hope that you and your loved ones stay safe and secure.

Sincerely,

MageMDL.

A dreamer, a writer, a creator and a human being.

Rewards

A personalized thank you note (image of your choosing)

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A special virtual post card with my own design and theme of your choosing

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A 5-10 min compilation video (ads, bithdays, life, marriage, trips)

A Rose aquarela painting (personal commission) see her other works in gallery

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Organizer

  • Moises Esteban Reategui Guevara
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  • Campaign Owner
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  • Huancayo, PE

A dreamer, a writer, a creator and a human being.

A dreamer, a writer, a creator and a human being.

Donors

  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Oct 15, 2020
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  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Oct 14, 2020
  • Keep bravely heading towards your dreams, thank you for all your beautiful work!

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  • Baby Djojonegoro
  • Donated on Oct 13, 2020
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Oct 27

Change of name and thanks

Update posted by Moises Esteban Reategui Guevara at 09:07 am

First, I wanna address the change of name of the campaign. Gogetfunding demands a passport ID for verification reasons and I do not own one at the moment. So, they told me to change it to a thrust worthy friend. I hope this resolved the issue.Second, but most important, I. . . . .

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19 donors
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Oct 15, 2020
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  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Oct 14, 2020
  • Keep bravely heading towards your dreams, thank you for all your beautiful work!

$50.00
  • Baby Djojonegoro
  • Donated on Oct 13, 2020
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  • Moises Esteban Reategui Guevara
  • Posted On Oct 11, 2020
  • Please, whoever made the $500 donation, contact me to discuss details of your painting reward, please!!

  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Oct 11, 2020
  • Bon courage!

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  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Oct 11, 2020
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  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Oct 10, 2020
  • the future will recognise your work

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  • Donated on Oct 10, 2020
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  • Chin Chin Tan
  • Donated on Oct 10, 2020
  • Stay strong 💪🏻 and stay safe

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  • Donated on Oct 10, 2020
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