This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.

April Dunn, an advocate for people with disabilities who worked for the governor of Louisiana, died of complications of the coronavirus on Saturday in Baton Rouge. She was 33.

Her death was announced by Gov. John Bel Edwards. “April worked hard as an advocate for herself and other members of the disability community,” he said.

Ms. Dunn was a very visible presence in the State Capitol. As chair of the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council, she gave frequent testimony and urged lawmakers to enact laws that could bring the marginalized into life’s mainstream. She was unable to take standardized tests, and so never received a high school degree, but helped pass a law that provided alternative paths to a degree.

“She was a voice that people respected,” said Bambi Polotzola, director of the governor’s office of disability affairs. “When she asked something of someone, you just knew it was the right thing for the right reasons.”