Born January 5, 1978 at 9:04 A.M. in Lima, Peru. She lived there until she was six months old. Yanina grew up in San Antonio, Texas with her Mother, Mary Alice Monteza; Father, Santos Monteza, Sisters – Patty Monteza and Sandra Ramirez. She had a small family in the United States which strengthened their family relationships. While here in the United States, she enjoyed the communication that she had with her family that lived in Peru.

Upon returning from her last trip to Peru in 1995, she reunited with her high school sweetheart, Brian Lango. The couple maintained a healthy relationship and later married in 2003. They had their son, Christian Lango in October of 2006. With many great memories, the couple decided to part ways in 2016. Yanina and Brian Lango maintained a very positive co-parenting environment for their son. Christian loved the fact that he had two of everything to include two loving parents that cared deeply about him and his wellbeing.

Yanina always had the love for kids and wanted to get her degree in elementary education but found her passion as a pharmacy technician. It was without question that having her family close to her, maintaining healthy friendships, and helping those in need were of great importance to Yanina. She was a very loving person despite any ill feelings that she had inside. She was always very giving to people and maintained a positive attitude under any circumstances. She would choose her friends very carefully and ended up with more caring friends than she could have ever imagined. She was very caring, very good at judge of character, and would choose her battles wisely.

Her world was about making sure that her and Brian did everything for the best of their son, Christian Lango. She showed him that hard work pays off.  Brian and Yanina maintained a positive relationship which made his parents great role models for him. Christian will always remember his yearly vacations and all the fun that he had throughout the years. Christian was her world. She will always be remembered for the great mom that she was and how happy she made her son feel.

All the people that knew her would say that it was a blessing to have been a part of her life. She was truly an angel to many.

She then passed on March 28, 2020