More than three decades after 10-year-old Jessica Guzman was abducted and killed, the Bronx community where she grew up has permanently honored her memory.

On Saturday, the intersection of Castle Hill and Seward avenues, the last place Jessica was seen alive, was renamed Jessica Guzman Way. A mural was also unveiled at the site, paying tribute to the young girl whose life was cut short in 1990.

Milagros Guzman, Jessica’s mother, stood beside family and longtime neighbors as the new street sign was revealed.

“I still wonder what my daughter would have been today,” Guzman said. “I still have my dreams for her.”

Jessica, who lived in the Castle Hill Houses, was on her way to a martial arts class on Oct. 10, 1990 when she disappeared. Her body was found a week later, just three days before her 11th birthday.

“There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think of my daughter,” Guzman said. “And I don’t ask her for strength to go forward.”

Although the Guzman family has since moved out of the neighborhood, Milagros said the renaming ceremony brought her back into the community that once helped search for her daughter.

“It’s nice to know they still remember her, even after 35 years,” she said. “So many people who were there back then came out to support.”

To thank the community for its continued support, the Guzman family hosted a back-to-school bookbag giveaway and offered free food to the community. A gesture they say reflects the kind of giving spirit Jessica embodied.

“We know she would have loved it,” her mother said. “She was always involved, whether it was in the community center or helping her brothers outside.”

With a new street sign and mural in her honor, Jessica Guzman’s memory remains etched into the neighborhood she once called home. A reminder that the impact of a life, no matter how short, can endure for generations.