<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Class of 2014,</div><div><br></div><div>We wanted to pass along a message from Miho and Marco, two members of our class: </div><div>******</div><div><div>Dear all,</div>
<div><br></div><div>On March 3rd around 8AM, our dearest friend Luiza Gesser Cabral passed away in a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. As you may know, she attended MIT until December 7th of 2010 (which was her birthday) in her freshman year while staying in German House, and took a time off due to her health condition; after a while she ended up going to University of Campinas instead of coming back to MIT. Although she was not a current MIT student, many people on campus know her and spent a very great time with her. To remember Luiza, her craziness and brightness, we will hold a memorial event for her on Saturday at 5:30PM in MIT chapel.</div>
<div><br></div><div>She was, and still is, a best friend for us. Miho visited her in Brazil in the summer of 2012 and stayed in her house for a week. She was very excited about starting the civil engineering/architecture study in University of Campinas; still, she often talked about coming back to MIT and finishing a school with all of us. She was a very caring friend, with so much energy of talking about what she loves (e.g. Napoleon), and always stood out with her colorful hair (which probably experienced at least 10 different colors.) We all think you have different memories with her, and we would like you to share it during the memorial - and possibly creating a video to also share with her parents and younger brother, Arthur. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Though we are making our efforts to reach out more people through Class of 2014 and Tech, please spread the word. If you cannot attend the memorial, but still want to share your memory and words, please contact us at <a href="mailto:mkitagaw@mit.edu" target="_blank">mkitagaw@mit.edu</a> and <a href="mailto:marco_p@mit.edu" target="_blank">marco_p@mit.edu</a>. We will make sure to forward the messages to Luiza’s family.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We also notified this news to S^3 and Mental Health Department, and the staff members there are willing to help any of you who are deeply affected by this. </div><div><br></div><div>Much love,</div><div>
<br></div><div>Miho Kitagawa </div><div>Marco Antonio Pedroso </div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_14490b1a2a0d1065" alt="Inline image 1" width="149" height="200"> <img src="cid:ii_14490b1dc4d41720" alt="Inline image 2" width="200" height="183"> <img src="cid:ii_14490b215f62f7f1" alt="Inline image 3" width="187" height="200"><br>
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