Chaoxiu Li, age 77, passed away at UCSD Health Hospital at La Jolla, March 2, 2021. She was born on November 16, 1943 in Sichuan, China to Tianrong Li and Shouzhen Zhang, and married Qingyi Liu in 1968.
Chaoxiu worked as an elementary school teacher for almost 30 years before retiring in China. She immigrated to the United States in 2009, and is survived by her son and daughter.
She was an avid gardener and a member of her apartment’s dance and choral groups; she constantly spread joy to those around her. She also loved to cook and made sure to bring her specialties to a potluck. Despite the difficulty, she picked up English well into her 60s, and would always pepper her words with new phrases she had just learned.
She was an inspiring and brave person, and loved by many.