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Héctor
It took Hector 23 years to build a booming landscaping business with an impecable reputation, and to create 17 good, tax-paying, full time jobs that support an equal number of families. Because of bad advice and disinformation, many of them were operating in cash, with some keeping their live savings —over a hundred thousand dollars for the most senior— in cash at home. Their exposure was tremendous. Trust in Transit addressed misinformation, and is providing training, coaching, financial education and legal preparedness shield kits for all his workforce to safely bank, save, plan for the future, and protect their livelihoods.
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Esperanza
“When my daughter Julie was five and her brother Diego was three, their father died suddenly of a heart attack. Overnight, I became a single mother — and also responsible for caring for my mother-in-law. I’ve always tried to stay strong, but it hasn’t been easy. I work hard to give my kids a good life and a better future. That’s why I put their names on the deed to our house — I wanted to make sure they’d always be protected. But when I tried to sell the house to buy a bigger one where they could each have their own room, I discovered I couldn’t. Because they were minors, I needed a judge’s permission to sell, and no bank would approve a mortgage under those conditions. The lawyers I spoke with wanted to charge tens of thousands of dollars to create complicated trusts that would have limited my rights as a mother. I was stressed and desperate — until I found Trust, who helped me through their wealth therapy and estate services. They guided me in resolving everything, obtaining title insurance, keeping my parental rights intact, and protecting my children’s future with better legal instruments. Thanks to Trust, we’re now buying a better home with a low-interest mortgage.Trust not only listened to me — they made me feel that I wasn’t alone, and gave me peace and renewed confidence in the future.”
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Ignacio y Raúl
When Ignacio and Raúl were taken into custody, awaiting repatriation, the HOA of their neighborhood took quick action to seize their property and sell it at a discounted price. Their tools, instruments and belongings gone. The house sold at a fraction of its value to pay for HOA dues, and still the remaining withheld, because they could not appear in person to sign for it. In times of uncertainty, opportunistic actors take advantage and prey on the vulnerable. Don't let anyone take advantage of you. Be prepared!
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Xenia y Jorge
Xenia and Jorge take care of three kids and Jorge’s mom, who has dementia. They always assumed that if something happened to them, family would step in. But they didn’t realize that without legal documents, their kids could actually end up in foster care. Trust in Transit is helping them lock in guardianship plans, get dual nationality paperwork started, and build an emergency safety net for everyone they care for.
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Sebastian
“I came from Québec to work at UNC Hospital through an H-1B professional visa program. My work in digital imaging—mammograms, CTs, MRIs, PET scans—was funded by two grants. Then, almost overnight, both vanished. One disappeared when USAID shut down, and the other when federal cuts hit Medicaid and Medicare social service programs. That left me, and several of my colleagues—other French-Canadian medical professionals—suddenly in limbo. Moving to a different, non-grant-funded job would have triggered a newly announced $100,000 penalty for changing my H-1B visa description. As if that wasn’t enough, new tax rules meant to keep celebrities from leaving the country ended up targeting transnational workers like me. I received a notice from the IRS demanding $130,000 in ‘exit tax’ for the type of visa and job I had come to do, to be paid before the end of the fiscal year. We were trapped—unable to stay, unable to leave. That’s when we found HUMA and Trust. Their ‘Trust Wealth Therapy’ services gave us something we hadn’t had in months: clarity and the feeling of being heard, not alone, not on our own. An added perk was that the consultants at HUMA were perfectly trilingual—English, French, and Spanish—which made everyone feel at home, listened to, and genuinely cared for. After long hours of consultation, they built a step-by-step plan that designed how to protect our legal status, avoided the fines, and secured three more years of job security while federal policies were being reviewed. Everyone was relieved: us, our employers, our residents, and our patients. Because of Trust and HUMA, I was able to stay in my position, continue serving patients at a public hospital, and train the next generation of technicians. Without them, my five colleagues and I, the hospital, and the community would have lost access to care patients deserved—and we had all worked very hard to make it happen. This program is a godsend. It’s like the Room of Requirement in Harry Potter—appearing exactly when you need it most. Merci, HUMA.”
*Names and details have been changed to protect privacy.