Salman Wasti was a Pakistani immigrant, a biology professor, a lover of books and plants, a husband, and a father. He died of COVID-19 in December.
His daughter Noreen Wasti remembers her dad.
This story was produced by WBUR in collaboration with Faces of COVID, a project that seeks to remember the people behind the statistics.
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