Carmencita was a comrade and friend. During the early 1980s and 1990s, in the Coalition of Visible Minority Women in Toronto, we shared precious time together. We organized politically, we mourned the death of our comrade and friend, Barbara Isaac, we lobbied and won provincial funding for racialized women, and we ate dinners together while we organized "the next revolution". With her, life was definitely a life filled with passion and compassion. I miss you dearly my friend. Your spirit will always be with me. Maria Wallis