Desieire Quintero Killed - Help her son

Desieire Quintero was fatally crushed by a falling tree at her campsite in the Pogonip Park in Santa Cruz. She was the lead plaintiff in a historic civil rights lawsuit filed against the city of Santa Cruz.

She inspired the Ross Camp Council and helped prepare a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the eviction of over 200 people from the camp.
The camp was evicted on May 3, 2019, and Desieire was forced to find the safety of the forest. She was among those who argued that people would be hurt if driven from the safety of Ross Camp and encouraged the city to give the campers time to clean the area and take all measures to make the camp safe.

Desieire had been a firefighter and worked as a housekeeper but lost her home in Live Oak and found it difficult to find housing. We are raising these funds to provide support for her son.