around the world. Netherlands based Madeleen Helmar who has worked on Pacific issues said "Her impressive speech tore up the curtain of silence around the nuclear legacy in the Pacific (and) caused a wave that went as far as Europe, where it landed on the fertile ground of the anti-nuclear movement." ABC Pacific correspondent Sean Dorney referred to an online clip posted by the World Council of Churches of her giving the speech as an "extremely moving address". In 2013 she was posthumously named 2013 Pacific Person of the Year by Islands Business. Islands Business said the recognition came because of her fearless innovation. Also years after her death with the issues confronting Pacific Islanders today, her words and actions continued to speak to the key issues of the day. Personal Keju was born on Ebeye Island in Kwajalein Atoll, but was raised on her mother's atoll, Wotje. She lived in Hawaii for 17 years where she attended and graduated from Roosevelt High School, Kapiolani Community College, Chaminade College and the University of Hawaii's School of Public Health. She returned to the Marshall Islands in 1984 with a master's degree in public health. She was married for 14 years to Pacific journalist and Marshall Islands Journal editor, Giff Johnson. She died of breast cancer at age 45 on June 18, 1996. A celebration of her life with short speeches and Marshallese music was held at the Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Ave in Hawaii. References 1951 births 1996 deaths Marshallese activists University of Hawaiʻi alumni Marshallese expatriates in the United States People from the Ralik Chain Deaths from breast cancer