“Hello, I'm Vera Long. I am an artist, mother and teacher. I'm struggling to raise funds and hopefully awareness to battle both my own Cancer, and to raise awareness of all the Southern Californian people (often children & mothers) affected by Cancer. I am four years into this journey after having moved twice and recently losing my mother during my chemo treatment. I am still underwater but not in the way l'd like to be. Been struggling as I was just hospitalized for a week with complications. I cannot lift more than five pounds and require extensive rest. I've recently finally had the blessing & opportunity to create the beginnings of an art + film school for at-risk youth in Oxnard even after 18 months of surgeries and chemo, Post-double mastectomy, I need to recover! I still have five months of physical recovery to go, further extensive surgeries and am wrestling with chronic pain and fatigue. My community gives me hope and my vocation as an artist and art teacher to youth enables me to empower others. I quest to find adjuvant non-drug therapies to relieve pain in my joints and to heal my belabored immune system, to rebuild my strength and mobility. With your help, I will not only heal myself but be able to be of the best service to my greater community. Funds will help with medical bills, enable me to get to my myriad appointments which are often many hours away, to install safety measures in my home ..and basically help me to get by until l am once again at full steam and in full remission.” GoFundMe : https://gofund.me/63cc4ef2e Venmo: @veralong last digits 0765 vera long (https://venmo.com/u/veralong)