About Yellow Heart Covid Memorial
Rosie Davis started Yellow Heart Memorial January 4th 2021 in side the Irving Archives and museum in Irving,Tx after losing her mother Mary Castro on May 17, 2020 to COVID-19.
Rosie made it her mission to honor and humanize every victim lost during the pandemic. She found a way to help others create memorials in communities across the nation and across seas.
Yellow Heart Memorial has given communities across the US an opportunity to honor loved ones by hanging yellow hearts in windows of public buildings, art galleries, libraries, colleges etc.
Yellow Heart Memorial has sent out an estimated 100 packages to individuals to create memorials in their own community.
Rosie has traveled to numerous states to speak for COVID events. She has advocated for COVID victims on Capitol Hill by speaking with congress and senate in hopes of one day
establishing a National Monument to honor COVID victims. She has also helped establish 5 permanent memorials in the US.
“It was a lonely time when my mom passed, no one around me had lost a loved one to COVID. When I found out about the symbol being used in the UK to identify COVID loss, I knew I had to help spread the awareness here in the US”.
Rosie recently launched a new memorial “More Than A Number”. In Irving,TX On March 13, 2024. The memorial will circulate through the Texas area for the remainder of 2024.
Rosie has worked close with the city of Irving, for the last 3 years. “This is where my mom took her last breath and where Yellow Heart Memorial started. The city is currently working on a COVID memorial and Mayor Stopfer has recently declared March 13th a COVID Memorial Day in the city of Irving.