It's with great sorrow that we share sad news about Gloria Sanchez. Gloria and her family suffered a great loss this week. On January 27th, Gloria's son, Miguel Valdez passed away.

As you can imagine, this is a very difficult time for Gloria and her family. We know many of their friends and folks in their labor family would like to provide some comfort to Gloria and her family at this time. So we set up this gofundme for a few reasons.

Gloria and Miguel's younger brother, Diego, are in the middle of an unexpected and necessary move out of their current home. As such, they are respectfully asking folks to not send any flowers, plants, etc. Any contributions to help Gloria and her family during this difficult time would be greatly appreciated.

Gloria and Diego wrote this to share with everyone about Miguel:

Miguel A. Valdez, born 1/17/71 at 9:17 a.m. in Denver, Colorado. He passed away on 1/27/16.

Miguel was a loving son to Gloria and Diego's big brother, a loyal friend, incredibly talented ceramic artist, exceptional cook, creative gardener, avid art collector, passionate cyclist, furniture restorer, spirited gamer, comic enthusiast, and a unionist (member of ULWC District 65, UAW and SEIU 1021).

Miguel worked at:

The Exploratorium

City College of San Francisco

Compumentor

California Rural Legal Assistance

San Francisco Public Library

Sloat Garden Center

 Miguel is survived by his:

Mother: Gloria Sanchez

Brother's: Diego Valdez and John A. Valdez

Aunt's: Martha Medrano, Kathy Arguello-Hidalgo, Christina Montoya, Angie Medrano, Barbara Hidalgo, Nina Hinojos Hidalgo, Christine Challenge, Tina Guennoun, and Yolanda Rodriquez.

Uncle's: Frank Medrano, Alfred Hidalgo, Ernest Hidalgo, Alan Smedes, Steve Carlson, Bill Challenge, Said Guennoun, and Donald Cisneros. Ray Arguello


Many cousins in Colorado and Texas and friends