Tuly Andrea Gonzalez

Type of Donation:             Tissue donor

Age and Location:             Age 19 – Miami, FL

Donation Date:                  June 18, 2008

Sponsor:                               Honored by Legacy Donor Services Foundation

TULY’S STORY

Tuly was as beautiful on the inside as she was on outside.  As a very talented musician, from an early age, she volunteered her spare time giving music lessons to underprivileged children throughout the community.

Tuly always looked for ways to help those in need.  While still in high school, she organized a talent show to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina.  As a result of her efforts, over $3,000 was raised and donated to the Red Cross for hurricane relief.  From this, the Just Relieve Foundation was born, of which she was the founding member.

She loved the arts.  Tuly’s talents included playing multiple musical instruments, dance, and acting.  Her musical instrument of choice was the violin, where she excelled as both a classical and contemporary violinist.  As a classical violinist, she was a member of the Greater Miami Youth Symphonic Orchestra where she went as far as being invited to play the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Just like a shooting star, shining ever so bright and lighting up the sky for a fleeting moment, she was taken from us far too soon, at the young age of 19.  However, through her gift of donation, eight tissue recipients received lifesaving transplants.  As a result, tissue donation has played a big role in keeping her memory alive and insuring that her legacy lives on.  Tuly’s family takes great comfort in knowing that even in her passing, she was able to do that which she loved; help others in need.