Elena Sanz passed away last night - Wikimedia-l

6 Jul 2020

Hello. I have bad news, the kind of news we never want to have. Our 
friend and colleage Elena Sanz (user ElsaBornFree) passed away last 
night.

Elena Sanz was a strong, intelligent and brilliant woman. She joined 
Wikimedia movement in 2014 and after two years she because secretary of 
Wikimedia España, possition she had till now.

Many of you met her in many conferences and events, such as Wikimedia 
Conferences, Wikimanias or Iberoconfs, but also meeting for advocacy in 
the EU, the Wikipedia+education conference in Donostia, next to her home 
town. A very active person, this has been a huge shock for all of us.

If you want to leave your condolences, you can write in a page created 
for that on Spanish Wikipedia.[1] We wrote also a blog post dedicated to 
her memory.[2]

As a president of Wikimedia España and a friend of her, I want to 
express our condolences on behalf of Wikimedia España to his family and 
friends. We will always remember her.

[1] 
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedistas_fallecidos/ElsaBornFree
[2] https://www.wikimedia.es/2020/07/06/hasta-siempre-elena/

-- 
Santiago Navarro Sanz
Presidente
Wikimedia España
www.wikimedia.es