Her friends and family remember her as someone who would do anything to help others, filled with empathy and a desire to help the world.
Jenifer Darbellay was one of 11 people killed Saturday night when an SUV plowed through a crowd of people at Vancouver’s Filipino festival.
Originally from Calgary, where she graduated from St. Francis High School and the Alberta College of Art and Design, Darbellay had lived in Vancouver for many years.
An accomplished artist, she was attending the Lapu Lapu festival with her husband when she was killed, leaving behind two children, ages 15 and seven.
Speaking at a vigil for the victims on Monday, Darbellay’s husband, who was injured in the attack and attended the vigil on crutches, fought back tears as he described his family’s heartbreak.
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