My name is Seven, and this fundraiser represents one of the biggest hopes of my life.

I’ve been on my own since I was 13 and a half years old. I grew up without a safety net, without a family to fall back on — so I became my own support system, my own parent, my own guide. Every step I’ve taken since then, I took alone.

Since the age of 18, I’ve been working full-time, building my life from the ground up. I fight through long shifts, physical exhaustion, and the daily weight of carrying myself forward. But even with all the effort, all the responsibility, and all the strength I’ve had to develop so young — there is a part of me I’ve never been able to heal on my own.

I’m transgender, and top surgery is not just a medical procedure for me. It’s the doorway to finally feeling at home in my own body. It’s the possibility of waking up in the morning without the constant discomfort, dysphoria, and emotional pain that I’ve carried for so many years.

I have survived things most people never have to face.

I built myself from nothing.

I learned to keep going when everything felt impossible.

But this is something I can’t do alone.

Top surgery has been my dream for as long as I can remember — not for appearance, not for trends, but for the chance to simply live as myself without fear, without shame, without hiding. I want to feel like my body finally matches the person I’ve always been on the inside.

I’m working as hard as I can, but with the cost of living, long shifts, and no external support, I can’t reach this goal by myself. That’s why I’m here — asking for help, something I’ve never been good at because life taught me early that I had only myself.

Any contribution, no matter how small, brings me one step closer to a life where I can breathe freely.

Where I can look in the mirror and finally see me.

Where I can heal a part of myself that has been hurting since childhood.

Thank you for reading my story.

Thank you for caring.

And thank you for helping me take the step toward the life I’ve been fighting for all these years.

With gratitude,

Seven