Fellow architect Laura Mourgante says she and Gloria visited the site in Chelsea together.
Gloria “took lots of pictures” and told Laura how happy she was to be living in Grenfell Tower and working in conservation.
“When we spent the day here,” remembers Laura, “she told me, ‘I have a beautiful flat, I have beautiful views of London, I’m so blessed’.
“I left that day with this feeling of happiness that she was very happy, missing her mum and dad obviously but working in a conservation with lots of energy – working hard and doing a good job.”
That evening Gloria worked late at the office, finishing off the first drawings of the Soane Stable Yard project.
But she didn’t return to work the next day.
Laura says Gloria, who had only been with the company a couple of weeks, spent her last day “doing something she loved”.
“She was only with us for a very short time,” adds Peregrine. “But we treasure memories of her.”