Aneita Ortiz-Cedeño, a devoted mother, healer, and organizer for child welfare, poverty alleviation, and mental health, and her life was a fierce testament to service and resilience. To know her was to witness love in motion.

Born and raised in Emeryville, California, Aneita went on to attend St. Leo University and Fresno State. She answered a lifelong calling to nurture people in crisis. She served as God’s hands and feet — as a guardian at Connections emergency youth shelter, an outreach coordinator at the Coastal Bend AIDS Foundation, and a holistic community resource provider with Communities in Schools in Rockport.

After hours, Aneita also served as the volunteer coordinator for Adopt-a-Beach at Sunset Lake, and the founder of B.R.A.T.S. (Being Responsible and Teaching Service), a youth-lead volunteer organization which won a Presidential Medal of Volunteer Service and reflected her dedication to cultivating younger generations.

Aneita touched countless lives. Her legacy is a call to each of us — to carry a piece of the torch she once bore with such grace, and in doing so, continue to bring light to the places she once illuminated. May she rest in the peace she so freely gave to others.

Funds raised from this campaign will help carry on Ms. Aneita's legacy of love and service.

The Rockport-Fulton Education Foundation wishes to extend our sincere gratitude to the Ortiz-Cedeno Family for entrusting us with the honor of establishing the Ms. Aneita Memorial Fund. Contributions can be made directly to the Ms. Aneita Memorial Fund Fund using the link below or by mail to Rockport-Fulton Education Foundation. Checks should be made payable to Rockport-Fulton Education Foundation. For contributions by check, please indicate the “Ms. Aneita Memorial Fund” in the memo line. Rockport-Fulton Education Foundation is a 501(c) (3) organization under IRS guidelines and is charged with soliciting, receiving, investing, and disbursing private gifts, that benefit the students and staff of the Rockport-Fulton ISD. Please visit rfeducationfoundation.org for more information.

Ms. Aneita Memorial Fund

Honoring her legacy of love and service

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