DALLAS — Strangers saved Ana Cruz Hollingsworth’s son.

“I don’t know who they are. I don’t know their names,” Hollingsworth said. “I just know they saved my baby’s life.”

Hollingsworth was 31 weeks pregnant with her son Zane when he was diagnosed with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Twenty-four hours after being born, Zane was on life support.

“Those 10 days he was connected to life support honestly were not too positive,” Hollingsworth said.

Hollingsworth says she was blocking out a lot of details to stay positive for her son. But there is one memory she remembers clearly.

“There was a person coming in and out several times per day carrying a little cooler,” she said.

The cooler contained blood transfer bags. Zane needed multiple blood transfusions during recovery.

“At that moment, I understood that blood really saves lives,” Hollingsworth said.

Zane survived his ordeal, but after grasping the gravity of what her son went through, his mother felt the need to step up.

“Not many Hispanics donate blood, so I felt like I needed to do something,” Hollingsworth said.

She already had the perfect platform. Hollingsworth has a content and production company, a blog and podcast by the name "Rollos de Mujeres." Altogether, she has more than 80,000 followers.

“Share that information in Spanish, in the language that we understood,” Hollingsworth said. “Sharing stories that connect with other families.”

Hispanic Texans make up more than 40% of the Texas population. Carter BloodCare says only 11% of blood donors are Hispanic. The nonprofit says more than 57% of the Hispanic population are blood type-o, which can be given to anyone.

Because of her advocacy, Hollingsworth was chosen to be inducted into the Fresenius Kabi Blood Donation Hall of Fame.

“The first moment I started sharing information about blood donation, it was truly with my heart,” Hollingsworth said.

It was her way of saying thank you to those donors who saved her son, people she can only refer to as anonymous heroes.