Presents an obituary for Olivia Juliette Hooker (1915-2018). Olivia's capacity to overcome adversity began at age 6. During the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, the community that provided her affirmation and stability was destroyed. Olivia's father's store was a casualty. She, her family, and their entire community were traumatized. It was, nevertheless, a trauma she and her family overcame. In 1947, Olivia went on to earn a master's degree in psychological services from Teachers College at Columbia University. She earned a doctoral degree from the University of Rochester in 1961 and was one of two women to obtain a degree in clinical psychology. Olivia dedicated herself to the acceptance and understanding of developmental disabilities and was one of the founders of the American Psychological Association's Division 33, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. She was also director of the Kennedy Child Center in New York, where she continued to serve the profession and the community. Her electrifying smile and her witty and wise stories about her life narrative will be long remembered. As a psychology intern in 1958 she left a lovely note with a box of cookies to welcome me in her absence. This simple gesture sparked an enduring professional and personal relationship that lasted till her death on November 21 2018. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).