Luisa Ezquerro

Luisa Ezquerro Jan. 5, 1934 - May 1, 2010 A native of San Francisco on May 1, 2010 lost her long battle to cancer at home with family. Luisa, a lifelong educator and community activist, leader and mentor spent her life serving her San Francisco community. She taught for 43 years in San Franciscos Unified Public Schools impacting the lives of countless young adults throughout the City she loved dearly. Luisa started her student teaching at Poly Tech High School, taught at Lincoln High School, Lowell High School, and retired while teaching at McAteer High School. Those that knew Luisa, know that she never retired but kept active helping other in the community. Luisa was a community activist for most of her adult life helping to found the Mission Coalition Organization and serving on its board of directors. She helped create other community organizations which continue to enrich the lives of so many today including such as the Mission Housing Development Corporation where she was a member of their Executive Board, Mission Model Neighborhood Corporation, Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, Mission Economic Development Association, The Mission Reading Clinic now known as the Mission Learning Center, The Mission Tutorial Program, Arriba Juntos, Mission Neighborhood Health Center, Mission Community Legal Defense and Mission Hiring Hall. Luisa was very active in the Teachers Union, and a member of their Executive Board, where she also served as president for approximately six years. In 2001, she was awarded Teacher of the Year by San Francisco State University. Luisa was appointed to the Recreation and Parks Commission by Mayor George Moscone in 1976. In 2004, she was appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom to the Commission on the Status of Women. Through the span of her life she was appointed to and served on the transition teams for three San Francisco Mayors. In addition, Luisa was active with the United Educators of San Francisco, Jamestown Community Center, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) and was a consultant for the San Francisco Board of Education. Luisa is survived by her brother Manuel Ezquerro, her sister Carmen Ezquerro Fletcher, and many nephews and nieces. Viewing will be at DUGGANS FUNERAL SERVICE at 3434 17th Street, Nr. Valencia, San Francisco, Thursday, May 6 from 3pm to 6:30, followed by the rosary at Saint Annes Church of the Sunset at 850 Judah between 14th Avenue and Funston at 7pm. Funeral Mass will be the following day, Friday, May 7th at St. Annes Church 10am and the burial to follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. Contributions can be made in Luisas name to Mission Learning Center www.mlcsf.org