Age: 29
Date: 9/6/2024
Location: Columbus, OH
Info: Kassim died from injuries sustained in a shooting in 2022, which left her paralyzed from the neck down and unable to breathe without assistance.

Kassim loved to dance and would perform at weddings back in Somalia for her family. It was what she looked forward to the most in life, even as she studied at the University of Nairobi and after she moved to Columbus, Ohio. She continued dancing for as long as she could, even as she went on long car rides and blasting her favorite artists from the stereo. Dancing and, later, the dream of dancing again kept her going on through both the good and rough times of her life.