An estimated 47 million people watched as the "Donate Life" float rolled through Pasadena, California in the 2012 Rose Parade.
"Anya being a donor, we thought we would sponsor her this year to be a floragraph and as a way to honor her and then also promote minority organ and tissue transplantation," said Roschelle Ogbuji.
Fourteen-month-old Anya Ogbuji and her two older sisters died when their Shaker Heights home caught fire in 2007.
Anya was on life-support for several days before she died. Her parents decided to make her an organ donor.
"There is nothing that would've brought Anya back, I mean, there was nothing, so to be able to give that hope to another family has brought tremendous healing," said Ogbuji.
The float includes floral images of 72 organ donors from around the world, including Anya.
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