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Jess Miller is a designer, illustrator and educator based in LA. She joins me to share her story of losing everything in the Eton fire and how her community, near and far, are rallying to support her as she starts her life all over again.

IN THIS EPISODE

Using social media as a life-line

"Dead inside" — Why going back to work is so hard
Why GoFundMe is necessary after disaster strikes
Having to choose what to keep when you leave all else behind
Why GoFundMe is necessary after disaster strikes
The kindness of strangers

SHOW LINKS

LA Fires Funds + Resource Log (shared by Agent Pekka) — https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XoTlgtYuPQ1tD1FSJnJzzWa7XSi3YO9orlY9cIWX3uQ/edit?gid=910889114#gid=910889114
Jess Miller's GoFundMe — https://gofund.me/1508aee5
Venmo: @jessmillerdraws
PayPal: jess@jessmillerdraws.com
My 2024 Annual Review on Substack — https://open.substack.com/pub/mrtomfroese/p/2024-the-year-in-review

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CREDITS

Music and Cues by Mark Allan Falk - ⁠⁠http://www.linktr.ee/semiathletic⁠⁠

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