Stephanie Marchesani, a part-time master’s student at Penn’s School of Nursing, died on September 11 in New Jersey. Ms. Marchesani was 30 years old.

She was born in Philadelphia and raised in Norwood, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Interboro High School in 2004 and graduated with honors from Temple University with a BS in nursing in 2008.

She had been working full-time as a registered nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania since 2008. She enrolled in the adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner program in 2014.

Ms. Marchesani loved to travel and enjoyed cooking, biking and the occasional Broad Street Run.

She is survived by her mother, Madeline (Steve); her father, Michael; her sister, Laura (Matthew); her brother, Michael; and her boyfriend, Jeff.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks for contributions to be made to The Nursing Memorial Scholarship Fund, in memory of Stephanie Marchesani, The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 418 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia PA 19104. Condolences may be sent to griffithfuneralchapel@verizon.net