DES MOINES, Iowa — Ema Cardenas was walking home from school when she was killed in a hit-and-run in April of 2022.
A year after her death, her family started the non-profit Simply Loved, a representation of who Cardenas was. Her family described her as kind, loving, and bubbly. Her mother and founder, Anna Campos, said she loved to help others in need.
Simply Loved helps first-generation teen girls by empowering them and providing them with educational and mental health resources…