And tragically, in 1999, when she was in Colombia working with the U'wa people, focused on preserving their culture and language, she and two colleagues were abducted and tortured and killed by the FARC.
Na žalost, 1999. godine kada je bila u Kolumbiji gdje je radila s U'wa ljudima, sa ciljem održavanja njihove kulture i jezika, nju su zajedno s dvoje kolega oteli i bili su mučeni i ubijeni od strane FARC-a.