Rosalie Avila
Rosalie Avila
Rosalie Avila was a student at Mesa View Middle School.
Life & Activities
Avila was an eighth-grader, who dreamed of being a lawyer. Her family remembers Avila as being smart and always having good grades in school. She loved the beach and enjoyed going out to the snow.
Rosalie had a great personality and was very funny.
She enjoyed reading and liked dressing up as her favorite characters like “Belle” from “Beauty and the Beast” & Stitch.
She liked watching “The Walking Dead", "Stranger Things”, & “Meet the Fosters”.
Death
On Tuesday November 28, 2017, Avila hanged herself in an attempted act of suicide. She was rushed to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, where she was placed on life support.
Avila left behind a journal detailing how she was a victim of bullying at her school. She wrote in the journal, "Sorry, Mom and Dad. I love you." "Sorry, Mom, you’re gonna find me like this."