Remembering Catherine Youssef Kassenoff
Even though Catherine had troubles in her daily life, when she could, she would help build the charity with me. She always wanted to help, not just herself, but all people, men and women, suffering from her same Family Court struggles.
She loved yoga and law, and most of all, her children, and through her passions, together, the two of us forged The Share Institute, Inc. dba ShareLove.Fund by creating a curriculum for yoga degrees, New York Continuing Legal Education (CLE), and New York Real Estate Education Courses (REEDC).
Catherine has incredible attention to detail and was always free nights, holidays, the natural consequence of a straight-laced woman being deprived child custody; so, after work, she would help the charity by testing our courses out and, as such, she was one of our first program graduates in 2021 as well as our first attorney to attend our CLE course entitled Covid Response: Tenant Relief in July of 2022.
She continued to be instrumental in the development of our legal education coursework by tirelessly volunteering her time on weekends to edit and comment on our case law analysis and application. She kept busy in productive ways, always with a helping hand. Catherine continued on to earn more ShareLove.Fund degrees in 2022 as well as assist in fundraising and community building activities through 2023.
In May of 2023, Catherine confided to me that she was finally “moving on with her life.”
She seemed so happy and I was happy for her. There are no words for the void and loss I feel in the absence of Catherine’s calm warmth. When people questioned whether she was really gone, I reminded them that Catherine ALWAYS told the truth.
Catherine asked us to not let her death be in vain; and so, we honor our co-Founder by providing an eternal resting place, a sanctuary, for her “Final Documents” - Catherine’s Dropbox, copied without alteration, as received on May 27, 2023.
Please rest in peace Catherine. Please have faith in the interconnectedness of all that we see and do not see, and always keep the faith that there can be good in everything, we just need to “close our eyes so that we can see.”
R.I.P.,
Ashley Share, Esq., the surviving founder of ShareLove.Fund and Catherine’s Philanthropic Partner
For those of you who would like to contribute to the maintenance and promulgation of Catherine’s Legacy through annual scholarship awards to at-risk youth, please feel free to do so by becoming a $37/month donor of “The Catherine Youssef Kassenoff Children’s Scholarship Fund in Recognition of Catherine Youssef Kassenoff, who was a Good and Loving Mother.”
Through our youth scholarship award winners, we are ensuring that Catherine’s story endures for generations to come and we are empowering next generation leaders to advocate for themselves and others so that they are equipped to solve the problems that Catherine struggled against. It is said that “a child shall lead them” and together, with your collective donations, which are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted under U.S. law, and in the name of Catherine Youssef Kassenoff, our youth scholarship winners shall make this world a better place. Thank you for making a difference today!
Ashley Share and Catherine Youssef Kassenoff, co-founders of ShareLove.Fund, spending time together
Catherine Youssef Kassenoff In The Press
'I Hope In Death I Will Accomplish What I Could Not In Life'
Catherine Youssef Kassenoff, a Westchester mom, believed to have been euthanized overseas, left troubling questions behind in the wake of a bitter custody battle.
NY Mom’s Assisted-Suicide Note Blames ‘Predatory’ Courts That Took Her Kids
Catherine Youssef Kassenoff faced off against hardened criminals and gang members as a federal prosecutor, and beat breast cancer twice, but said the broken New York family court system would be what killed her.
Husband Of NYC Prosecutor Who Said She'd Been Driven To Assisted Suicide By Cancer And His Domestic Abuse QUITS Law Firm After Probe By His Bosses
The man who was accused of abusing his NYC prosecutor wife who allegedly died by assisted suicide has quit his job as a litigator following a leave of absence.
Is She Dead? Final Post From Mother Who Lost Her Kids Through Family Court to Wealthy Attorney Husband
The life story of Catherine Youssef Kassenoff—one of the women who inspired the creation of ShareLove.Fund,
Cancer-stricken NY mom who posted about assisted suicide over ‘predatory’ custody battle dead
A Westchester attorney and mother of three — who posted on social media that she was about to undergo assisted suicide in Switzerland because of a grueling custody battle — died overseas on May 27, documents obtained by The Post show.
Westchester Family Court Activist Apparently Dies By Assisted Suicide During Battle For Kids, Cancer Diagnosis
News12 covers Catherine Youssef Kassenoff’s battle for custody in Westchester County Court.
Catherine Youssef Kassenoff For ShareLove.Fund
ShareLove.Fund’s use of Music as a Tool to Empower Women
Catherine’s Testimonial of ShareLove.Fund
Resources For Sharing Catherine Youssef Kassenoff’s Story
These documents were received on May 27, 2023 and copied without alteration in in remembrance of Catherine.
All photos are by Jessie Watford Photography.
