Suicide victim's family posts remembrance of daughter who wanted to bring people together

"Palo Alto High School junior Summer Devi Mehta had a seemingly endless list of activities she loved to do: from listening to hip hop music, and performing in local plays, to playing Minecraft and learning how to do her makeup. What she loved most of all, was making people in her life happy. But as a transgender girl who struggled with depression and worried about how people would treat her, Summer wasn't always convinced she could do that, her family said in an online remembrance of the 17-year-old."

"Before the incident Summer had written a letter, her family said, saying she hoped her death would bring people together; call attention to the trans suicide epidemic; and raise $1 million for the Trevor Project - a nationwide suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ youth. The Mehta family on Thursday created a fundraising page with the Trevor Project in her memory. So far has raised $149,313 out of Summer's $1 million goal."

"Born on New Year's Eve 2008, Summer grew up in Sunnyvale with her parents, older sister and younger brother. She often spent her childhood summers visiting her grandparents in Pennsylvania and winters in Lake Tahoe skiing and making s'mores with her family, according to the fundraiser page. Although Summer was a native Californian, she developed a fondness for London after visiting the city with her family five years ago."

Summer Devi Mehta, a 17-year-old Palo Alto High School junior and transgender girl, was hit and killed by a Caltrain on Feb. 3 and identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner. She struggled with depression and worried about how people would treat her. Before her death she wrote a letter expressing a hope that her death would bring people together, highlight the trans suicide epidemic, and raise $1 million for the Trevor Project. The Mehta family created a fundraising page and has raised $149,313 toward that goal. Summer loved theater, hip hop, Minecraft, makeup, and dreamed of attending NYU and working in stage tech on Broadway.

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