Frida Pineda Alvear, 38, of Chula Vista, California, passed away on April 10, 2024 from metastatic breast cancer. Frida was born in San Diego, California on September 10, 1985, to Maria Edna David Pineda and Winefredo Gamboa Pineda. Frida and her siblings—older sister Elaine and younger brother Dave—were proudly raised in the historic and wondrous southeast San Diego community of Paradise Hills. A proud alumna of Bell Middle School and Morse High School, Frida went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic Studies from University of California, San Diego, and a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Multicultural Counseling from San Diego State University. A fiercely dedicated and well-respected educator, counselor, mentor, crafts artist, activist, and community organizer, Frida created opportunities and sustained possibilities for loved ones, students, peers, and fellow community members to labor for social justice and to build a better future. Frida was a visionary who consistently showed up and held safe and empowering space for the underrepresented and the unheard. Frida transformed communities through various efforts at University of California, San Diego such as OASIS Summer Bridge, Kaibigang Pilipino, Kamalayan Kollective, Student Promoted Access Center for Education and Service (SPACES), and Center for Student Involvement, and beyond campus with efforts such as Made in Paradise Hills, the PTA at Fahari L. Jeffers Elementary School, and most recently with The Breasties, an all-inclusive nonprofit that creates community for survivors, previvors, stage 4 thrivers, and caregivers. As a member of The Breasties’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Frida continued to champion the values of justice, equity, and representation. Frida's expansive love and tireless commitment to community empowerment lives on through her husband, Carlo Manuel Alvear, their three beautiful children, Kayla Anne, Ethan, and Derek, and a vast family and community of friends, collaborators, colleagues, and those who were blessed by Frida's humble and profoundly inspiring presence.
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