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Marked By COVID
Marked By COVID is a non-profit group started by Kristin Urquiza and Christina Keeves to hold politicians accountable for the deaths of people of color from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mission
Marked by COVID was started when the Mark Urquiza, co-founder Kristin Urquiza's father, died of COVID-19. Kristin believed that her father's death was caused by Governor Ducey's mishandling of the pandemic after he rolled back the shelter-in-place in Arizona. Kristina, along with partner Christina Keeves, started Marked By COVID to inspire more serious public health policy regarding the virus by encouraging others infected by the pandemic to share their stories.

About Mark
Mark Urquiza, father of co-founder Kristin Urquiza, passed away on June 30th, 2020 after 19 days of battling COVID-19. Mark was born and raised in Tolleson, Arizona where he was a high school 400 meter dash state champion and where he met his wife, Brenda.

History
Preceding her father's death, Kristin Urquiza held a vigil outside the Arizona Capitol in downtown Phoenix. The funeral and vigil of Mark Urquiza gained a lot of national attention after Urquiza posted on the Facebook page for Marked By COVID. Kristin also gave the first #HonestObit, a part of Marked By COVID to draw attention to the impacts of COVID deaths. There have been 6 Honest Obituaries, which are all on the non-profit's website.