Lauren Muckelroy’s husband and two children were killed by a drunk driver the day before Thanksgiving 2023. She survived – and a year later, she's opening up to PEOPLE about finding new purpose.

Andrea J. Doering, 46, of Portland, was riding in the backseat of a car around 6 p.m. in Northeast Portland with two other people when another car crossed the center line and hit them near the intersection Northeast 13th Avenue and Lombard Street, the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement.

Three recent graduates of Piedmont High School tragically lost their lives in a fiery crash the day before Thanksgiving and the city of Piedmont released their names Tuesday.

Family and friends are mourning Soren Dixon, Jack Nelson and Krysta Tsukahara, all college students who graduated from Piedmont High School in 2023.