MONIQUE J. LEMAITRE LEON

Still living in our thoughts.

You were a great profesora at NIU and I learned a lot. Very knowledgable yet very approachable.

Querida Monique, muchas, muchas gracias. Tanto que agradecerte a lo largo de mi vida como profesora en los Estados Unidos! Fuiste un ejemplo para mí. Muchas gracias por tu generosidad como brillante académica, como amiga entrañable, como luminoso ser humano.

I will always remember Monique as an outstanding scholar. She masterfully blended rigorous academic work and political commitment to the struggle for a better world. During my years at NIU, Monique was a friend and model academic. She stood out as the rare kind of professor who practiced an engaged scholarship deeply committed to co-learning and research in the service of social justice. My deepest condolences to her family and loved ones.

You will always be in our thoughts.

Monique will not be forgotten. Her accomplishments and solidarity will be remembered by all those she touched while alive and those who she will continue to influence through her works. She was a most inspiring teacher and a true friend.

For all family and friends she left behind, I am so sorry for your loss. What an incredible and inspiring mini-biography of an extraordinary woman and a life well-lived.