Carmen González, who spent much of her youth uplifting her Boyle Heights community through activism, journalism, and student mentorship — and served as Student Journalism Manager at Boyle Heights Beat — died on Saturday from heart failure. She was 24.

“Carmen was the pride and joy of the family. A powerhouse,” her family wrote in an Instagram post announcing her passing.

“If people ever think about Carmen, I just want them to know that she was very loving, very giving, and also a very logical person,” Alejandra González, her sister, told Boyle Heights Beat. “She just loved life. She loved the community. She loved people.”

In her young life, Carmen filled several roles: the eldest daughter to her two siblings, a “Swiftie” with an encyclopedic knowledge of Taylor lore, a staunch activis

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