Nohemi Gonzalez, Victim of Paris Attacks, to Be Remembered at Whittier High Vigil

-Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, a senior at California State University, Long Beach. The university said Gonzalez, from El Monte, California, was attending Strate College of Design in Paris during a semester abroad program. Gonzalez was in the Petit Cambodge 

Nohemi Gonzalez – a 23-year-old California design student and the first American confirmed killed in the Paris terror attacks – was an optimist who wanted to practice her French, according to her gym instructor. "And now she can't," the gym teacher

Hundreds gathered Sunday afternoon at Cal State Long Beach for a vigil honoring the memory of a student who died while studying abroad in Paris. Nohemi Gonzalez is seen in a photo posted to Facebook by Strate – Ecole 

Some of the reported victims. Top row (L-R) followed by bottom row (L-R): Valentin Ribet; Caroline Prénat; Nick Alexander; Nohemi Gonzalez; Guillaume B. Decherf; Djamila Houd; Mathieu Hoche; Alberto González Garrido; Kheireddine Sahbi; Elif Doğan.

Nohemi Gonzalez had "big dreams" with plans to start a family and a career when her life, as well as the lives of at least 128 others, was senselessly cut short on Friday, her heartbroken parents told The Associated Press.