HIV prevention

As far as my advocacy is concerned, I firmly believe there is no big I and little You. I recently attended the Desiree Alliance Conference in New Orleans, LA from July 10-14 although the conference officially ended on July 15.

On July 20th, 2016, I had my first meeting with Senator Lindsey Graham's staff. This meeting was to request more funding, so we can end HIV/AIDS here in South Carolina and around the world. When I say...

Hello! I hold the title of: Miss Tanzania in the Miss Africa Washington state pageant.

It was a great privilege given to me by The Well Project (TWP) and the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) who gave me a partial scholarship to attend the upcoming IAC in Durban, South Africa. I never could have been able to attend if not for The Well Project and its team of great people who encouraged me to apply for the scholarship.

It has been ten months since I have been diagnosed HIV Positive. It has been a tough road and journey these ten months. Some of the struggles that I have faced so far are: telling family members and...

Es muy fácil escribir lo que he vivido, si sufrí, si lloré, si me levanté rápido o no. Es fácil contar lo experimentado. Pero cuando uno se vuelve activista deja el "yo" de lado, ya no soy "YO", somos...

Hey, I'm Mandy, 32 year old from Charleston,SC. I was Diagnosed on August 28, 2015. I would like to share my story of how I became HIV positive. I met a guy online off one of the dating sites and we...

Soy María Mejía. Estoy aquí como un ejemplo vivo de que el VIH / SIDA no es el fin!

I am Maria Hiv Mejia-Laing. I am here as a living example that HIV/AIDS is not the end!

My planned activities in my role as Global Ambassador for 2016 is to bring HIV/AIDS education and information to young girls in school and out of school.