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Analyse Capodiferro grew up in Memphis, Tenn., where she and her sister were raised by her mother and grandparents

While her grandfather was born in Memphis and lived there from 1974 until 2019, he grew up in Tucson, Ariz.

Less than two years after his sudden passing, Capodiferro tells PEOPLE she received an unexpected "gift" from her late grandfather

Analyse Capodiferro had just wrapped up her freshman year of college and was in the midst of moving to New York City for a dream internship when life turned “bittersweet.”

On May 2, 2019 – just before embarking on a new chapter – her grandfather, Jon Allen Roachell, the man who helped raise her, died unexpectedly at the age of 79.

“I wanted to be able to be there to help [my family] clean out the house and support my grandm

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