Tommy Foxworth has had little time off in 2020. With many nonessential workers stuck at home, online ordering increased this year putting a burden on mail and courier services like UPS. Nov. 16, 2020.
Lieutenant George Lopez at El Paso Fire Station 17 is one of many first responders across the city that are now tasked with coping with El Paso’s surging COVID-19 pandemic both inside and outside of work. Nov. 24, 2020.
Audie Maguire Sr., owner at the Auto Clinic in northeast El Paso keeps vehicles on the road for his customers, a majority of which are essential military personnel that cannot be without a vehicle. Dec. 30, 2020.
Daniel Salas, a worker at East Concrete Services.llc struggled to keep busy early in the year, but was soon back to work building and maintaining vital city infrastructure on Nov. 13, 2020.
Dr. Edward A. Michelson from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Nov. 16, 2020.
Dr. Fabrizzio Delgado is a psychiatrist at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Nov. 16, 2020.
Yvette Perez, a social worker for Hospice El Paso, and her team counsel families whose loved one has a terminal diagnosis and is coming to the end of their life. On top of that grief, the families are coping with El Paso’s surging COVID-19 pandemic. Nov. 18, 2020.
Captain Adrian Santana at El Paso Fire Station 17 is one of many first responders across the city that are now tasked with coping with El Paso’s surging COVID-19 pandemic both inside and outside of work. Nov. 24, 2020.
Mark Lambie, a former photojournalist at the El Paso Times, covered the impact COVID-19 had on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Lambie left the El Paso times on Dec. 1, 2020.
Fire Paramedic Michael Dobyns at El Paso Fire Station 17 is one of many first responders across the city that are now tasked with coping with El Paso’s surging COVID-19 pandemic both inside and outside of work. Nov. 24, 2020.
Vanessa Armeta sits in her home office on Dec. 1, 2020 where she teaches kindergarten for the Edgemere International School in the Ysleta Independent School District. On top of teaching, she has a child in preschool and a child in 6th grade that are learning online.
Jorge Ortiz is the General Manager of Perches Funeral Homes in El Paso. Ortiz said he and his staff are often working seven days a week in 2020. Dec. 3, 2020.
Sgt. Jesus Melendez trained and worked with K-9 Johnny Cash for 5 years at the El Paso Police Department. Melendez and Johnny Cash have faced pressure from anti-police brutality movements and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Dec. 9, 2020.
Pablo Mena, owner of the Rainbow Fountain II restaurant in East El Paso stands among his busy kitchen staff on Dec. 10, 2020.
Moises Gonzalez, a cashier at Rainbow Fountain II is seperated from customers by a pane of plexiglass on Dec. 10, 2020. Rainbow Fountain has not laid off any employees since the start of the pandemic.
Manny Martinez, a driver for Sun Metro, checks over his bus early in the morning before he starts his route on Dec. 29, 2020. Martinez works to provide vital public transportation to El Paso's essential workers while also risking being in a confined space with every passenger on his bus.
Frontline worker, Juan Anchondo, a nurse at Las Palmas Medical Center. Nov. 7, 2020.
Agent Mario L. Escalante of U.S. Customs and Border Protection continues patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has put a strain on travelers and immigrants looking to cross into the U.S. Nov. 25, 2020.
Matthew Hernandez, left, a grocery store worker at a Food King in El Paso sits with his wife, Elisa at at their dining room table in their Central El Paso home. Nov. 11, 2020.