Ebert Needs a Lawyer to Fight for His Kids and His Future

Ebert José Rojas was born on May 4, 1994, in Caracas, Venezuela. Before leaving Venezuela, he worked as a cook, until the country's economic crisis pushed him to search for a better future elsewhere. In 2017, he set out on a bicycle journey of more than two thousand kilometers, an experience that still shapes how he thinks. "Many of our limits are created in our own minds," he says.

Ebert entered the United States on October 21, 2021, on a K-1 fiance visa, and later became a lawful permanent resident. In the years since, he built a family, bought a home, started a business, and built a career in the tree service industry, where he now works climbing and safely lowering heavy tree sections to the ground using rigging systems. It is work that calls for preparation, patience, and trust, qualities he brings to the rest of his life as well.

Ebert is the father of two children, Indigo, age five, and Sisu, age one. He calls being their father the greatest privilege of his life, and says he wants them to grow up knowing he loved them, protected them, and did everything he reasonably could to remain present.

He credits his parents, who cared for him and his siblings through real hardship, and the climber Tommy Caldwell, whose perseverance on the Dawn Wall reminds him that a goal can look impossible and still be worth pursuing. Honesty, responsibility, and perseverance are the values he tries to live by. "People should acknowledge their mistakes, take responsibility for their actions, and keep trying to become better."

Since May 14, 2026, Ebert has not been able to see or speak with either of his children. He is currently representing himself in family court and immigration matters, against a system that assumes he can afford professional help. The cost of proper legal representation is far beyond what he can afford on his own. "Some battles are simply too big to fight alone," he says. He is not asking for sympathy. He is asking for the chance to have qualified legal representation, so he can continue fighting to remain part of his children's lives.