She is someone gentle but powerful. Someone whose music washes away the dust of everyday life. Someone who makes us laugh when we thought we would cry. Someone who can pick up the pieces and give them back in all the right order. Someone who pays attention to the little things and adds such beauty to the world. Someone who cares.

Dawn was passionate about working with deaf children. Donations to a memorial fund in memory of Dawn benefiting the Ohlone College Deaf Teaching Program can be sent to:

Dawn McKinley Memorial Fund
1269 Fontainbleu Ave.
Milpitas, CA 95035

The family would like to receive your thoughts and memories of Dawn. Please with your messages of love.