Who I Am
I’m Dr Timothy Matthews, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at California State University, Northridge.
I hold a PhD from UCLA in Environmental Health Sciences, and I’ve published over 15 peer-reviewed studies on trauma, environmental injustice, and mental health.
I am the Co-Principal Investigator on a federally funded CDC/NIOSH R21 grant to protect essential workers from cardiovascular harm caused by long hours and burnout.
I’m a researcher, educator, and public health advocate.
I didn’t just survive a traumatic brain injury—I rebuilt myself to serve.
Every class I’ve taught and every study I’ve published since 2021 has been a fight against neurological damage, pain, and silence.
And I kept going.
Until the system broke me again.
Now, I’m fighting just to stay housed, fed, and alive—while the salary legally owed to me remains frozen in a university account.
Why I’m Fundraising
I’m fundraising because my salary was frozen.
Despite being a federally funded NIH grant recipient, my university—CSUN—has refused to release over $14,000 in approved salary, confirmed in their own internal accounting system. I have:
A confirmed traumatic brain injury
A documented disability accommodation record
A full paper trail showing the funds exist
And now—no way to pay rent, treatment, or immigration fees
I’ve filed formal ADA and civil rights complaints. I’ve submitted my full documentation to the U.S. Department of Education, NIH OIG, EEOC, and others. I’ve given CSUN every chance to do the right thing.
They stayed silent.
Now, I need $15,000 to survive:
Ongoing TMS and neuro-rehabilitation treatment $5000
Rent and basic living costs (3 months) $5000
Filing fees for my green card application, which is now at risk $1440
Legal and documentation expenses to keep fighting $2000
Emergency reserve (transport, medications, collapse buffer) $2060
This is not so much a fundraiser as a last defense.
Public Evidence Archive:
To see direct proof of salary obstruction, ADA violations, and procedural collapse:
▶️ Full ALES Archive (Adverse Litigation Entrapment State)
Start with:
Exhibit X – Internal System Screenshot of Salary Suppression
Exhibit Z.1 – The Moment I Realized They’d Let Me Starve
Exhibit X – The Frozen Email: Procedural Reality as Black Mirror
At around 3PM on June 6th, 2025, I was writing an email to Yesenia Estrada—the one person in payroll who had the direct authority to release my NIH-funded salary.
In that same moment, my email system froze.
This wasn’t metaphor. This wasn’t delay.
This was actual interface-level paralysis—at the exact moment I tried to reach the person who could end the obstruction.
What had I just done?
I had formally disclosed my ADA disability accommodations to CSUN.
Within minutes:
→ The message stalled.
→ The interface locked.
→ The opportunity died.
And has CSUN never followed up. Not once.
Why It’s Black Mirror:
Because this wasn’t just a glitch—it was a recursive system response that mirrored the collapse I was documenting:
The person with the power was identified.
The disability disclosure was acknowledged.
The system itself broke the moment I tried to survive.
It’s a perfect visual metaphor—except it wasn’t a metaphor.
It was the literal moment a disabled professor was procedurally erased in real time.
And I captured it.
Where the Funds Will Go
This $15,000 fundraiser is a survival bridge covering what the university refused to pay while I fight to stay alive, housed, and legally documented.
Here’s how the funds will be used:
Category
TMS therapy, neurology, PTSD treatment $5,000
Rent, food, utilities (3 months) $4,500
USCIS I-485 green card filing + biometrics $1,440
Legal filing, transcripts, documentation $2,000
Emergency (transport, medications) $2,060
Total: $15,000
️Immigration Compliance Disclaimer:
I am currently on an H-1B visa.
This fundraiser is for personal emergency survival only—not compensation for services.
No employment or freelance activity is being conducted.
This fundraiser is not just for survival. It’s a public record. Everything has been documented.
All I ask is that you don’t look away.
