On the first anniversary of Marin’s passing, we asked everyone who ever had any opportunity to meet Marin to share their stories with us. Thank you, Virginia, for allowing us to share it with others.

How did you know Marin: I met Marin in 7th grade gym when I was in a class with no friends and she essentially adopted me into her friend group.

In freshman year we had 8th hour gym together, and by that point in the day we were completely done being serious and just wanted to goof off. One day I brought up the fact that the seeds inside the helicopters that fall from oak tree are edible. Marin bent down picked one up off the turf and ate it. She said it didn’t taste bad so the rest of us did it too. We quickly realized that some of them tasted better than others and began trying to pick only the good ones. Our entire friend group became obsessed with eating them and we did it every time we were outside.