Brandie Rodriguez-Rossi passed away on April 8, 2023 from complications due to cancer.  She was surrounded by love and looked more at peace when she passed over than we had seen her in a while.  She fought to the end, in true form, and, when it was time, she set herself free with grace and dignity.  Celebrating her life - with you all - and celebrating the difference she made, are her wife Stella her three step-daughters Nadia, Victoria and Jessica, and her three godchildren Amari, Aeden and Kiran.   Community, including the very principle itself, meant everything to Brandie, as many of you know, and she created community effortlessly wherever she found herself.  We all carry a piece of her with us, so when we come together she is that much more Present.