Macchi’s peers said that she extended the same love and compassion to her friends during her time at Harvard.
“Right from the start it was clear that Juliet was a special and unique person,” wrote Margaret “Maggie” E. Geoga ’12, Macchi’s roomate through all four years of college, in an email to The Crimson. “She was always positive, always looking for a silver lining or a way to make a tough situation better. She was an incredibly loyal friend and an important support for all of us whenever we needed her.”
Macchi and Geoga were joined in their sophomore year in Lowell by Marina M. A. Connelly ’12, together forming a trio that Eck described as “inseparable.”
“She was loyal and dedicated to the causes she chose and people she loved with a formidable tenacity,” Connelly wrote in an email. “I will always love her.”
Macchi and her mother are survived by Macchi’s father and Macchi’s three older brothers, Matt, Mike, and Richard Macchi. A tribute in Macchi’s honor will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. in Lowell House Junior Common Room.
—Staff writer Pooja Podugu can be reached at pooja.podugu@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @poojapodugu.