Editing Isabel Allende (section)

== Foundation ==
Allende started the Isabel Allende Foundation on 9 December 1996, in honor of her daughter, [[Paula Frías Allende]], who fell into a coma after complications of the disease [[porphyria]] led to her hospitalization.<ref name="rodden1999">{{Cite web|url=http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/tpla/9901.html|date=1999|title=Texas Papers on Latin America {{!}} After Paula: An Interview with Isabel Allende|access-date=25 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901071703/http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/tpla/9901.html|archive-date=1 September 2006|first=John|last=Rodden|publisher=[[Teresa Lozano Long]] Institute of Latin American Studies, [[University of Texas at Austin]]|id=Paper No. 99-01}}</ref> Paula was 29 years old when she died in 1992.<ref name="foundation2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.isabelallendefoundation.org/iaf.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119032624/http://isabelallende.org/iaf.php|date=2014|archive-date=19 November 2014|url-status=live|title=Our Story {{!}} Isabel Allende Foundation|access-date=24 November 2014|publisher=The Isabel Allende Foundation|quote=During her short life, [[Paula Frías Allende|Paula]] worked as a volunteer in poor communities in Venezuela and Spain, offering her time, her dedication and skills as an educator and psychologist. She cared deeply for others. When in doubt, her motto was: What is the most generous thing to do? My foundation, based on her ideals of service and compassion, was created to continue her work.}}</ref> The foundation is "dedicated to supporting programs that promote and preserve the fundamental rights of women and children to be empowered and protected."<ref name="Top">''The list 101 top leaders of the Latino community in the U.S; Cover story.'' Allen, Kerri; Miller, Corina; Socorro, Dalia; Stewart, Graeme. ''Latino Leaders'' p. 24(27) Vol. 8, No. 4 {{ISSN|1529-3998}}. 1 June 2007.</ref>