With shock and great sadness, we have learned that Disa passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, on July 18, 2021. Countless friends and staff members have fond memories of her time here at the College, and we celebrate and honor the continuation of her life story after RCN. Disa has enriched every community she has encountered in the journey of her life.

Disa graduated from UWC Red Cross Nordic in May 2007, and spent the following year in Latin America, volunteering and perfecting her Spanish. She went on to study at Macalester College, graduating summa cum laude in 2014 with majors in Economics and Mathematics. She worked as a research assistant at Princeton University until 2016, when she started her Ph.D. in Economics at Yale University, specializing in labor economics.

Disa was a gifted scholar and a phenomenal friend. She will be remembered with love by her friends for her brilliance, tenacity, sense of humor, athleticism, loyalty, and for her kind heart.

To Disa’s nearest and dearest, we give our deepest condolences. Disa leaves behind her beloved partner Diego, her parents, brothers, grandmother, and many others who loved her dearly and who will miss her sorely.

Disa’s death is difficult to understand and the sense of losing her is hard to bear. We want to offer these charities for those of you who wish to donate in honor of Disa’s life: Foundation for Heart and Lung Disease research or Doctors Without Borders.

With heavy hearts,

Olivia Bergman, Maja Stilling, Rochelle Wagner, Mattie Govan and friends

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