Photo: Stephen Donofrio
452 Somos La Luz Memorial
Date: May 2020
Commissioned by: SOMO
Painted by: Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada
Credit: cbsnews / @gerada_art
To honour all immigrant health care workers who have died caring for patients during the pandemic, this 20,000-square-foot mural of Dr. Ydelfonso Decoo, a Dominican immigrant and pediatrician who lived in Washington Heights, was painted at the Queens Museum in New York City.
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