Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, reaches for hand sanitizer before gathering cleaning supplies on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, dresses in her PPE suit before entering the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
A vase of flowers is seen on the table of Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, at her home in Calumet Park, Illinois, U.S., December 5, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, uses a face mask and face shield to protect against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before cleaning, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, looks down while wearing a PPE suit to protect against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), before cleaning on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, cleans the isolation room of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient Andre Johnson on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020.Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, cleans for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient Bruce Shackleford in his isolation room on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, cleans a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient's isolation room in the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, enters the isolation room of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient in the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, wears a face mask and face shield to protect against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while riding an elevator on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, cleans a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient's isolation room in the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, leaves the isolation room of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient in the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, stands while wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before cleaning on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, walks past a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient's isolation room in the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, walks with cleaning supplies from a storage unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, wears a protective face mask amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while cooking at her home in Calumet Park, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, is seen with a protective face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while on her lunch break during her shift on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, gathers supplies wearing a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) PPE suit before cleaning on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, gathers supplies before cleaning on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, takes waste materials from a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient's isolation room in the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, cleans next to a room of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient's isolation room in the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, eats dinner with her husband Refugio Avila, 67, and grandchild Quezatli Melendez, 12, at her home in Calumet Park, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, discards garbage from a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient's room on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020.Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, cleans the isolation room of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient in the intensive care unit at the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, disinfects the room where a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient died in the intensive care unit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 1, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, dresses in her PPE suit on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 8, 2020. Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, walks across a sidewalk after finishing a shift in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020.Show moreShow less
Evelia De La Cruz, a hospital housekeeper at Roseland Community Hospital, looks down before cleaning at the hospital on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., December 4, 2020. Show moreShow less
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