Theresa Faulkner's car was struck head on in April of 2006, killing the thirty-four year old.

"She was a beautiful woman," her niece, Kristy Gould, said.

The nineteen-year-old driver was drunk.

"He attained alcohol from other underage drinkers who had a fake ID," Gould said.

Since the accident, Theresa's seventeen year old niece has made it her mission to teach her peers the dangers of underage drinking.

"We've been talking to schools, putting out fliers," she said.

She's even made a presentation to her school on the safe prom initiative.

"Ever since I can remember," Gould said, "drinking at prom has been a tradition. Kids go out and get drunk. Because kids think it's what you're supposed to do on prom night."

"Alcohol is a rite of passage, prom is a rite of passage," Sheila Taylor, of the Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking, said.

Taylor said about thirty percent of high school seniors binge drink. Those who don't may take their first drink on prom night.

That's a high number, but a great majority of youth are not drinking, Taylor said. "There are after prom parties, there are alternatives."

If teens choose to drink this prom...

"Just don't drive, just don't drive," Gould said.

She said her aunt was a teacher in life and continues to teach after her death.

"She would want to take this and use it as a lesson," Gould said. "Not to make the mistake the young man who killed her did."