activism, advocacy

I had given up on being an advocate. I didn't want to travel. I didn't want to speak my truth to strangers. I didn't want to be involved with World AIDS Day 2015 or The National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS. I wanted a normal life with balance.

#CharlieSheen has brought back the passion in me because I realize that I have to continue educating the world! much ignorance and stigma continues.

Yesterday, Charlie Sheen announced to Matt Lauer on the Today show that he was in fact a person living with HIV. Rumors had been circulating in the tabloids that an A-list celebrity was suspected of...

I feel very frustrated after everything I have been reading! I feel like I am preaching to the choir and our message is not being heard! We must act NOW and use this moment to educate and set the...

My first HIV related protest was in Tampa, Florida in the early 1990's. A group of us living with HIV marched down Bayshore Blvd. towards Tampa General Hospital carrying coffins, urns, and the...

La violencia domestica o familiar de pareja incluye violencia psíquica, emocional, el control en una relación, la manipulación un problema grande en EEUU, sin embargo para personas que vivimos con el virus de VIH, es un mas fuerte.

A few months ago I tripped on the stairs in my house and hurt my ankle really bad. I am very clumsy and fall a lot. It doesn't help that I have arthritis and falls hurt me more than other teenagers...

Estoy muy emocionados de anunciar que voy a estar haciendo otro Keynote (discurso como oradora principal) en El Paso, Texas! Espero poder conocer a algunos de ustedes que viven alrededor de la zona...

Maria, you have been invited to the 5th Annual Cultural Competence Conference in El Paso, Texas on Friday, February 26, 2016. Texas Tech University Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Global Health...

What a proud moment when I was selected to be a part of the very deep campaign for Greater than AIDS for women, HIV, Trauma, Domestic violence and Intimate partner violence.