This Latino woman, who has been described as a “happy-go-lucky person,” by her cousin Ashley, was survived by her husband, her daughter, two sons, and four grandchildren.
“She loved her kids and husband. And for this to happen so senselessly. It’s a heartbreaking day for us all,” said Ashley to the Huffington Post.
Her close friend Yvonne Andrade, also expressed Romero’s love for her kids. “She would do anything for her kids; she was always about the kids,” Andrade told the Washington Post. “I don’t even know how to describe the heart she had.”
Andrade also claims that Lisa loved country and football and that despite being born-and-raised in New Mexico, she was a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan. She also told the Washington Post that Lisa used to work with her father, who was a bail bondsman, but that in 2003 she started working in education, becoming later the discipline secretary of her school.
Mike Hyatt, the superintendent of the Gallup-McKinley County Schools, said in a statement that Mrs. Romero was “an incredibly loving and sincere friend, mentor, and advocate for students.” Hyatt didn’t stop there and continued to honor the wife, mother, and grandmother whom he described as “outgoing, kind and considerate.”
Her 57-year-old cousin Paul Romero, who grew up with Lisa, was also devastated, by the news, especially since he hadn’t been able to see her in a couple of years. “She was a very down-to-earth person, she was a very sweet person,” said the cousin. “As far as I know she never had an enemy in the world.”
Louise Leslie, another close friend of Romero has a 14-year-old great-granddaughter that goes to the same school Romero used to work in. It was a very surreal moment when Leslie found out on Monday morning right before class, that Lisa was killed during the incident. Her great-granddaughter told her everyone at school was crying that Monday.
“The last time she [her great-granddaughter] saw her was Friday after school and she gave her a hug,” Leslie told the Washington Post. “She was always telling my granddaughter to stay out of trouble and get somewhere and do the right thing, she was a good friend of hers.”