KUT San Antonio residents mourn the loss of those who died in 2020 at an ofrenda in Confluence Park. The event honored those lost to COVID-19, and butterflies tagged in their honor were released during the event. Latinos have been particularly hard hit by COVID-19 in Texas. Texas virus expert Dr. Peter Hotez has said the community has faced "decimation" from the illness. The Voces of a Pandemic project is meant to be a small salve for that suffering. Oral historian and project founder Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, who's also a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin, told Texas Standard that though many project participants were vulnerable to illness and more, they were determined to share their stories.