YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- Friday was senior night at Valley Christian High School, but the celebration came with a heavy heart.

Family and friends gathered to remember Amya Monserrat, who would've been a senior cheerleader this year. Amya was just 15 years old when she was shot and killed on the city's South Side after a birthday party on April 15, 2023.

Amya's loved ones say they're keeping her memory alive and honoring the bright future she never got to see.

"It just means so much to me that they're honoring her in a way that I would appreciate and that would make me proud. It's so hard, and it's such a sad day for me, but I'm grateful," said Jasmine Morris, Amya's mother.

In the two years since her death, Morris has started the Amya Marie Foundation to help people affected by gun v

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