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This is certainly sad news for me to wake up to this morning. While I knew she was battling cancer, I had no idea it had progressed this far. Although Jacqueline and I lost touch after she got married and joined the Army, we were close friends for a number of years while we were both mentors on Team 968 RAWC. Now hearing that she is gone makes it seem like only yesterday we were bowling at the Brunswick lanes in West Covina, watching Spider Man 3 in theaters, or dressed up nice attending another team mentor's wedding. Just the other day I was looking at a hand-drawn birthday card she made me some number of years ago - I wish I could remember which of my birthdays it was from.

Stay in touch with your friends; you never know when they may be gone.

Jacqueline had a wonderful sense of humor and a great enthusiasm for FIRST. She will certainly be missed. As I try to focus on my work today, it's tough to not think about all the great times we had, both inside and outside of FIRST.