Susan Brady Alfaro

Susan Brady Alfaro was born, raised and resided in Bay Area until her passing in 2020. In 1957, she graduated from her "dream school," Stanford University, with a BA in Art History, and went on to work as a graphic artist and floral designer.

Susan was passionate about helping others and dedicated much of her time volunteering and championing a wide variety of charitable organizations, including Project Open Hand. Her mantra was "actions not words," and she applied that to everything she did in life. In fact, when she was a mere 80 years old, she was actively teaching the blind how to snow ski at Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe!

She and her husband, Ricardo Alfaro, were married for 55 years and lived near Japantown in San Francisco. They loved everything about living Northern California and spent much of their downtime exploring the great outdoors with the seven Golden retrievers they had rescued over the years.

Susan was a supporter of Project Open Hand from our early years, making her first gift to us in 1989 and continuing her incredible generosity through the rest of life. Her legacy gift to our organization is truly transformative to our staff and clients, and we are honored to continue stewarding Susan's belief in our mission.

We are incredible humbled by Susan's gift and excited to carry her legacy forward as part of our own. If you would like to learn more about our legacy giving options, please reach out to Barbara Camacho, our Director of Advancement, at bcamacho@openhand.org.