Death of UCLA student interning at Amazon leaves community grieving a 'bright light'
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Set us as preferred The UCLA community is mourning the loss of a first-generation college student who had been interning at Amazon in Seattle when she died unexpectedly.Dayanara Nicole Urbina Ruiz, 21, died July 30 from blunt-force trauma injuries in what local officials have ruled an accident, according to the King County medical examiner’s office.TV station KING-5 reported that Urbina Ruiz was injured when she fell out of a window onto a popular hiking trail.
The rising senior at UCLA had been in Seattle working as a marketing intern for Amazon Web Services.She was member of the university’s Phi Lambda Rho sorority, which celebrates Latina and Chicana women.
“Dayanara was a bright light, a gentle soul, and someone whose kindness touched everyone around her,” the sorority shared in a memorial post.“Her memory will forever remain a part of our sisterhood, and her impact will continue to live on through the lives she touched.” California Five Santa Maria teens died in a single-car crash in which alcohol was believed to be a factor, authorities said.
The tragedy has sparked a call to action around local alcohol culture.Her family has started a fundraiser to help finance a funeral service.Urbina Ruiz was “always there for anyone in need and ready to help,” the family wrote in the GoFundMe, which had raised almost $25,000 as of Thursday afternoon.She inspired “hope ...
that all dreams may be reached.”The College Track nonprofit posted that Urbina Ruiz was a scholar with the program, which supports first-generation students from under-resourced communities in earning a bachelor’s degree.She graduated from high school in 2023.
The Seattle Police Department confirmed that it had responded to a call about her death on July 30 and said the case remained with its homicide unit, though it has been ruled accident...