When I came to Graded I was this New York City street kid, very introverted and shy. I mostly kept to myself bogged down with schoolwork because I started the second semester of my Junior year (had to make up the first semester and doubled up on all my classes). Those first people at Graded who broke through my shell are still friends I hold near and very dear to my heart ... don't get me wrong I hold all the Graded friends near and dear ... but the 'first ones' were the trailblazers to my heart. I remember being immediately smitten by Tina's easy smile and natural beauty. We liked each other enough to promise to wed (though I think she may have been just teasing me ... I'm not sure I was) and to "test" those waters we would endearingly call each other by 'hubby' and 'wife-y'. I think at the time she was dating "Dan the Man" ... which only went to reinforce my notion, she was just teasing me. But I kept a promise in the back of my mind to meet up with her again sometime in the future. It was years later (years ago) I had heard that Tina had passed on though the news was not reliable, too many hops, not enough information or very sketchy at best ... at least I prayed in my heart it was not true. Seeing her name today cataloged under "In Memory" brought the sorrow finally home. It hurt to see it there more than I could imagine. Never miss the opportunity to share one more moment with a friend or loved one ... I would give anything for just one more smile and hug from Tina. I would be grateful to be apprised of her passing if anyone knows the details of her untimely end.
I dont know where to begin. Tina was one of the most amazing people I have ever met. We where so very different but we had a respect and love for each other that made our friendship something very important.
I have never really been told what happened? I have heard bits and pieces of what occured but dont really undertsand it. I guess no one really knows.
I think about her and pray for her. I know wherever she is, she has made a bunch of friends who love and admire her, as those she left behind.
Tina always loved to have a good discussion. She lived in a world of ideas, seemed to read a book a day and had a good sense of humor. She somehow accomplished most of her homework on the bus ride up to Graded and we were the last family that was picked up! I loved to argue with her on almost any subject. Sometimes it was down right silly such as whether Pink Floyd was a better band than say Genesis? She loved anything Peter Gabriel did, she still would! She could not tell a lie. She couldn’t even play cards without telegraphing when she had a good hand. She always treated people with respect and was moved to help the disenfranchised. She never gave a shit about being cool and was one of the least judgmental people I have ever known.
Tina went to Boston University for her Freshman and Sophomore years and then transferred to UC Santa Cruz for Junior and Senior year. She was then accepted into a new 5th year program started in 1980, the Agroecology Program which was then part of Social Sciences. Part of the emphasis of the program was on social justice in food and agricultural systems, fair trade practices etc. This was the first program of its kind to begin to frame this discussion. Many of its graduates went on to start innovative projects across the country and around the world. We now take a lot of this for granted as we shop at Whole Foods.
When she finished at UC she decided to travel. She spent time in Valle de Santiago in Guanuajuato, Mexico at a farm that was interested in building a learning center. From there she flew to Ecuador to meet her boyfriend and some Ecuadorians classmates from UC. Her friends were well connected and were able to facilitate working with indigenous people teaching them permanent agricultural methods that reduced slashing and burning farmland. A few weeks before coming to Brazil for Christmas (1981) Tina and her boyfriend decided to spend a few days at the coast. They never returned to Quito where they had left most of their possessions. A major effort was made to search for them including private detectives and the State Department but they simply vanished. Tina was born and raised in Brazil, was well traveled, spoke Spanish and was street smart which makes all of this even less comprehensible.
On behalf of my parents Ann and Tom, Martha (75), Karen (79) and Andrew (81) we want to thank all of you who over the years have reached out and shared tender memories of Tina.
My mother was going through some old pictures the other day and came across this picture of Tina. It was taken June 8th 1973, Graduation Day. It's a great picture of Tina that those of us who loved her can enjoy. My heart broke the day Peter told me she was gone. God Bless you Tina and your family.
When I think of Tina I remember the trip we took with Alex Franklin, Doug Sikus, Carol Baxter, and Bob Powers in the summer of 1976. We followed the "Gringo Trail' starting in Sao Paulo to Santa Cruz Bolivia, Cochabamba, La Paz, Copacabana, Puno Peru, Cusco, Matchupitchu, Lima, Iquitos, Laticia Colombia, Manaus Brasil, and a run down the yet to be paved Trans American Highway to Sao Paulo. This was almost all surface travel including trains, busses, collectivois, and river boats. An exciting but sometimes tedious experience.
One time in Peru we were waiting for a train and the allways present indigenous kids were trying to sell us knitted hats and sweaters. I admit I was ignoring them but Tina jumped up, snatched the hat off of one of the kid's heads, held it high beyond their reach and used the same sales pitch to sell it back to the would be vendor. "puro alpaca" she procalimed as they shriked with laughter.
We have for better or worse lived our lives to this point and have for better or worse impacted the lives of ohers. I can't shake the sadness that she was robbed of her adult life and that the world was robbed of her.
Massimo De Rossi (1975)
When I came to Graded I was this New York City street kid, very introverted and shy. I mostly kept to myself bogged down with schoolwork because I started the second semester of my Junior year (had to make up the first semester and doubled up on all my classes). Those first people at Graded who broke through my shell are still friends I hold near and very dear to my heart ... don't get me wrong I hold all the Graded friends near and dear ... but the 'first ones' were the trailblazers to my heart.I remember being immediately smitten by Tina's easy smile and natural beauty. We liked each other enough to promise to wed (though I think she may have been just teasing me ... I'm not sure I was) and to "test" those waters we would endearingly call each other by 'hubby' and 'wife-y'. I think at the time she was dating "Dan the Man" ... which only went to reinforce my notion, she was just teasing me. But I kept a promise in the back of my mind to meet up with her again sometime in the future.
It was years later (years ago) I had heard that Tina had passed on though the news was not reliable, too many hops, not enough information or very sketchy at best ... at least I prayed in my heart it was not true.
Seeing her name today cataloged under "In Memory" brought the sorrow finally home. It hurt to see it there more than I could imagine. Never miss the opportunity to share one more moment with a friend or loved one ... I would give anything for just one more smile and hug from Tina. I would be grateful to be apprised of her passing if anyone knows the details of her untimely end.
Godspeed Tina, godspeed wife-y.
love, your hubby,
Mas
Peter Warren (1974)
I dont know where to begin. Tina was one of the most amazing people I have ever met. We where so very different but we had a respect and love for each other that made our friendship something very important.
I have never really been told what happened? I have heard bits and pieces of what occured but dont really undertsand it. I guess no one really knows.
I think about her and pray for her. I know wherever she is, she has made a bunch of friends who love and admire her, as those she left behind.
AQUELE ABRACO Linda Mulher!
PAW
Sharon Crane (1973)
Above are pictures of Tina in Peru with Doug Sekus, Bob Powers. These were submitted courtesy of Jack Horner.Mark McDonnell (1972)
About TinaTina always loved to have a good discussion. She lived in a world of ideas, seemed to read a book a day and had a good sense of humor. She somehow accomplished most of her homework on the bus ride up to Graded and we were the last family that was picked up! I loved to argue with her on almost any subject. Sometimes it was down right silly such as whether Pink Floyd was a better band than say Genesis? She loved anything Peter Gabriel did, she still would! She could not tell a lie. She couldn’t even play cards without telegraphing when she had a good hand. She always treated people with respect and was moved to help the disenfranchised. She never gave a shit about being cool and was one of the least judgmental people I have ever known.
Tina went to Boston University for her Freshman and Sophomore years and then transferred to UC Santa Cruz for Junior and Senior year. She was then accepted into a new 5th year program started in 1980, the Agroecology Program which was then part of Social Sciences. Part of the emphasis of the program was on social justice in food and agricultural systems, fair trade practices etc. This was the first program of its kind to begin to frame this discussion. Many of its graduates went on to start innovative projects across the country and around the world. We now take a lot of this for granted as we shop at Whole Foods.
When she finished at UC she decided to travel. She spent time in Valle de Santiago in Guanuajuato, Mexico at a farm that was interested in building a learning center. From there she flew to Ecuador to meet her boyfriend and some Ecuadorians classmates from UC. Her friends were well connected and were able to facilitate working with indigenous people teaching them permanent agricultural methods that reduced slashing and burning farmland. A few weeks before coming to Brazil for Christmas (1981) Tina and her boyfriend decided to spend a few days at the coast. They never returned to Quito where they had left most of their possessions. A major effort was made to search for them including private detectives and the State Department but they simply vanished. Tina was born and raised in Brazil, was well traveled, spoke Spanish and was street smart which makes all of this even less comprehensible.
On behalf of my parents Ann and Tom, Martha (75), Karen (79) and Andrew (81) we want to thank all of you who over the years have reached out and shared tender memories of Tina.
Mark McDonnell (72)
Todd Sandvig (1973)
Tim Chardavoyne (1976)
Tim Chardavoyne
Class of 1976
When I think of Tina I remember the trip we took with Alex Franklin, Doug Sikus, Carol Baxter, and Bob Powers in the summer of 1976. We followed the "Gringo Trail' starting in Sao Paulo to Santa Cruz Bolivia, Cochabamba, La Paz, Copacabana, Puno Peru, Cusco, Matchupitchu, Lima, Iquitos, Laticia Colombia, Manaus Brasil, and a run down the yet to be paved Trans American Highway to Sao Paulo. This was almost all surface travel including trains, busses, collectivois, and river boats. An exciting but sometimes tedious experience.
One time in Peru we were waiting for a train and the allways present indigenous kids were trying to sell us knitted hats and sweaters. I admit I was ignoring them but Tina jumped up, snatched the hat off of one of the kid's heads, held it high beyond their reach and used the same sales pitch to sell it back to the would be vendor. "puro alpaca" she procalimed as they shriked with laughter.
We have for better or worse lived our lives to this point and have for better or worse impacted the lives of ohers. I can't shake the sadness that she was robbed of her adult life and that the world was robbed of her.