Remembering Cynthia

She was a shining bright light in so many lives.  She loved life and lived each day to make the world a better place.  Her giving nature led her to touch so many people in her short life. Above all, she loved her family. She was my little sister. We remember her smile, capable of brightening any room she stepped into.  We remember her eyes, capable of making you feel like the most important person in the world.  Most of all, we remember her simple, but powerful approach to life: "Just be nice to people" This website is dedicated to remembering Cynthia, through pictures, poems, letters, words and stories.

Cynthia Lucero 1973 - 2002

Index

Family

Friends

In Memorial

New

Boston Marathon 2003

The gift of life

Hyponatremia

Alexandra

Cynthia was born in New York, but grew up in Guayaquil, Ecuador.  She earned an undergraduate degree in Clinical Psychology before returning to the US to pursue graduate studies.  She worked very hard to obtain her Doctor of Psychology degree.

She loved her work.  Helping other people was something she did every day through her work, her professional training and the various volunteer activities she was involved in. She found inspiration for her thesis in the people she met when she became involved with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training.  Her dissertation took place 4 days before she ran the Boston Marathon.  She had planned it that way so she could have her family present at both important milestones in her life.  Over the last days of her life she was surrounded by family and friends and enjoying the fruits of her hard work.

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