Juan Duarte Raya
Age 18
Palm Springs, California
Brain cancer had taken his brother
His brother, 15 at the time, died from brain cancer four years before.
Despite struggling in school, he worked hard and always had a smile on his face. He graduated from Cathedral City High School in June of 2018 and got a job soon after. He rejoiced in his newfound independence as an adult.
On Feb. 3, 2019 in Palm Springs, California, Juan Duarte Raya, 18, was killed in a shooting incident that claimed the lives of three others, including two of his close friends from middle and high school. He died less than a month before his 19th birthday.
