30 Jan, 2026
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina changed everything, these stories highlight what recovery really means through the eyes of people who lived it. A survivor reclaiming his home. A volunteer who never stopped showing up. A supporter who knows what it’s like to lose everything.

For nearly a decade after Hurricane Katrina, Frank Foto lived in a motorhome on the driveway of his home in St. Bernard Parish, doing repair work a day at a time and holding onto hope.

Hurricane Katrina changed Paul Perez’s life. Today, 20 years later, he gives back—because he knows exactly what recovery takes.

Sister Regina Marie has helped rebuild hundreds of homes since Katrina—one hammer, one family, one act of love at a time.