Sheria Musyoka, just 26 and new to San Francisco, California, was taken from our world far too soon on February 4, 2021. He leaves behind his two best friends, his wife Hannah Ege and his son Theodore Ege.

Born in Nairobi, Kenya on December 12, 1994, Sheria grew up with his father Morris Musyoka Wanzili, his mother Tabitha Musyoka, and his four older sisters. He graduated from Alliance High School in Kikuyu, Kenya before moving to the United States to attend Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government from the Ivy League in 2018, graduating in the top three percent of his class—a testament to his quiet yet impressive brilliance.

Inherently empathetic with a heart for serving others, Sheria wanted to pursue politics professionally—that is, until he happened to start working in talent acquisition and fell in love. This love is what brought him and his family to San Francisco for what he hoped was a long-term career with Verana Health, where he started in September 2020. He intended to build his own consulting business on the side to help raise people in the city out of poverty through employment.

Consulting was only one part of a plan to make an impact on his new city; a plan he developed in partnership with Hannah, who had been his wife for one and a half years. Sheria and Hannahshared an interest in many of the same issues, particularly social justice, committed to doing the work to inform themselves and help become part of the solution. They were a team in every sense of the word, and knew since their first date in September 2017 that together they were something special. Despite this knowledge, they chose not to get married until Theo’s second birthday on September 11, 2019, eloping as gift to their beloved son.

Beyond his family whom he loved so deeply, Sheria’s number one passion was soccer. He was so excited to teach Theo how to play, and couldn’t wait to be the quintessential soccer dad. He also had a knack for languages, speaking five of them fluently. He planned to teach Theo Swahili so that he could communicate with his grandparents in Kenya.

Sheria cared deeply about living a remarkable life built around who he felt so lucky to call his family and what he believed to be his purpose. With Sheria, this world was becoming brighter, and is infinitely darker now that he’s gone.