Marked by COVID’s mission is to ensure that the United States implements a coordinated, data-driven national COVID response and promotes equitable restitution which centers public health and the economy. Marked By COVID was co-founded by Kristin Urquiza -- with the help of friends and family -- when her dad passed away from COVID following Governor Ducey’s downplay of coronavirus and subsequent rollback of Arizona’s shelter-in-place ordinance. The team wrote the first #HonestObit, invited the governor to her dad’s funeral, and held a vigil at the state capitol to honor her father and inspire safer public health policies.