Sabika Sheikh was a 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student killed on May 18, 2018, in the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. She had come to the United States through the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study program and hoped to join Pakistan’s foreign service. Described as kind and loving, her death deeply affected her host family and the local community.

The shooter, 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, was arrested and charged with capital murder. Sabika’s father said he hoped her death would lead to stricter gun laws. Thousands of mourners attended her funeral in Karachi, Pakistan, where she was laid to rest.

What details do readers have about Sabika’s time in the exchange program or her community that could help keep her memory alive?