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Remembering 8-Year-Old Yoshi Soto Morales

Yoshi smiles for a picture. (Courtesy of Araceli Morales Martinez)
Yoshi smiles for a picture. (Courtesy of Araceli Morales Martinez)

Yoshi Soto Morales was passionate about travel, music and cats. The 8 year old loved her family and was a strict vegetarian. In June 2020, she was the first child in North Carolina to die of COVID-19.

Cole del Charco of WUNC shares Morales’ story with us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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