By Olivia Scheck
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — A young investment analyst with a passion for charity took her life Saturday, jumping into an internal courtyard at Trump Place on the Upper West Side, according to published reports.
Jessica Fashano, 27, walked into the 40-story apartment building at 180 Riverside Boulevard, asked a resident how to access the roof, and jumped to her death Saturday morning, the New York Times and the New York Daily News reported.
Fashano, a graduate of Georgetown University, had worked as an investment banking associate for Citi Global Markets and volunteered for the Acumen Fund, a non-profit organization that uses business strategies to combat global poverty, according to the papers.
As word spread of Fashano's passing, friends and family members posted kind memories on Facebook and the Acumen Fund networking site.
"Jess was an incredibly generous, kind and giving person," fellow Acumen member, Rabia Ahmed, wrote below a note announcing Fashano's death. "Her vivacious spirit, kind smile and loving laugh will surely be missed."
On Facebook, David Velasquez, who attended Georgetown with Fashano, said the New Jersey native was "one of the kindest people I've ever known."
She lived in Midtown, on West 53rd Street, according to the Times.
