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Teen Who Lost Mom Paints Free Portraits of Loved Ones for Grieving Families: “I Saw What the Power of Art Could Do”

Saturday, August 29, 2026Rebekah BrandesView original
When Los Angeles-based high schooler Hugh Saetia was 6 years old, he experienced a loss most people don’t grapple with until they’re much older. His mother died.  Following her passing from gastrointestinal cancer, Saetia’s father hired a nanny named Marilyn McAllister to help care for his two sons, and the woman became a strong maternal […]