Amber was a kind hearted, loving person. She was always the light in dark and in difficult situations. Everyone who knew her loved her. She was a positive driving force in many people’s lives.
She was raised in Orange County, California. Growing up, she loved to swim, and even won first place in the Junior Olympics for it. She was always a bookworm who read all the time.
Her father loved to spend time with her and go out of his way to make her smile. Among other things, he taught her how to ride her bike, how to drive, and helped with her schoolwork.
Amber was a great sister and friend. She was very protective of her little brother Nathan. She would watch out for everyone’s best interest, and always made people feel welcome. She didn’t like to say no to people, she always wanted to make them happy.
She was a great storyteller and would love to tell scary stories. She was one of the top students in her speech class when it came to storytelling. She said the best one she ever told was about the time her house caught fire, because the whole class loved it and laughed the entire time because the way she told it was entertaining.
She loved her dog Midori, a black and white cocker spaniel that she got when she was 8 years old. When she was older she worked as a pet caretaker and adored all the animals she worked with.
Amber was also passionate about music. She was in choir as a child and played piano and the flute for a short time.
She went to concerts like Aerosmith, No Doubt, and Lorde. She also went to TV tapings a lot and watched many of them being filmed, such as Married WIth Children, Mama’s Family, and The New Newlywed Game.
Amber loved to laugh and talk. She was an outgoing and cheerful person who loved being with and uplifting others.
As a teenager, Amber attended Esperanza high school. She loved and was passionate about Biology, or science in any form really. She loved logic and reason, and was a very analytical person. She also enjoyed English, as she was a big reader. She had a few very close friends who stuck with her - Priscilla, Stacy, Laura, and Jamie were some of the closest.
Her mother Darlene, a teacher, passed away when Amber was only 17 years old. She struggled a lot with it because she was the closest person in her life. But because of the strong person that Amber is, she got through it and built her life despite the hardships that came with her mother’s passing.
When Amber was a young adult, she worked as a preschool teacher in the footsteps of her mother. She was passionate about her work and cared for all the children she worked with. She was an amazing mentor because of the values instilled by her mother and father. Amber was always kind and put a smile on the kids faces.
Later in life, she met her long-term partner Joe Hernandez. They had 2 children together. Margie, born in 2001, and Luca born in 2010. Amber was the most wonderful and giving mother in the world. She sacrificed everything, sometimes even her own wellbeing, for her children to be cared for and happy. She loved to surprise her kids and make them excited about everything in their life. Christmas was her favorite time of year, and she would always give them the best she could. Even as a single mother, she would make it magical. She loved to use her creativity to decorate, and loved holiday shopping. Every year she’d pick out a new ornament for the tree with her kids. She sang Christmas carols and liked to play Christmas music all the time.
Amber loved to spend time with her kids. She would take them out to do things, like trying new restaurants and going to the movies. She would go on walks with them at night and read Luca stories before he went to bed. When Margie was little she would always sing her nursery rhymes to help her sleep. She would always help the kids with their school work and projects, even staying up all night with them to help finish. She loved to be involved with them, and when Margie was in elementary school she would visit her for lunch almost every day. She went to school gatherings with them whenever she could.
Amber is an aunt to 5 of her brothers kids - David, Sal, Darlene, Nathan Jr., and Heavenly.
When she lived in Texas with Joe and her kids, she worked in retail at Nordstrom. She was the number one salesperson many years in a row. She loved fashion and helping people find clothes that made them feel great about themselves. She was a natural at what she did. Her customers and coworkers all adored her positive and loving attitude.
When Amber moved to Las Vegas she quit smoking because she got into e cigarettes and would love to mix and make her own e liquid flavors. She would go to conventions for it and wanted to start her own e-liquid business.
Then she helped build a business with her brother Nathan. They named it Hart2Hart after the two of them. She was trustworthy and dependable and loved helping others succeed. People loved to talk her, as they always knew they’d be greeted with a kind voice. She was always fair, a good friend, and she’d listen to and go out of her way to help others when they needed it. Everywhere Amber went she was loved, and vice versa.
Amber died in Mountains Edge Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada after her fight with liver cirrhosis. She will be missed by all who were lucky enough to know her. She is survived by her two children Margie and Luca, her brother Nathan, and her father Ken.
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