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Whatever it is that frightens me so much, I know one thing, while I'm here I'm going to live, live, live...and while I'm at it, do everything I can to stay healthy.

Ellen is the reason I am so passionate about HIV/AIDS education and have worked in this field for the past 15 years.

Every time I am around someone, I don't want them to see that poor woman with HIV. I want them to see ME.

I'm still single and dating has become a nightmare overnight. I used to be comfortable disclosing to my "potentials", but not anymore.

I really do believe that my coworkers are afraid of the fact that I have HIV and do not want to eat any food I bring in.

A month into my marriage I discovered that I was 10 weeks pregnant and HIV positive. My husband of one month tested negative.

As you all know, this isn't a perfect world. I came to realize this better the weeks following my diagnosis.

I'm the person who thought I would kick the bucket from addiction in that crack house, where I lived and died on a daily basis, seven years ago.

When I got pregnant with my youngest, I was the first HIV+ patient to deliver a baby at that hospital. I still had nobody to talk to.

I have been reminded of how short life can be and that we must appreciate each and every day.

I don't know how other girls like me react to stigma and injustices we suffer because of our statuses. I usually beat myself up. Sometimes, depending on the source of the stigma, I'd loathe myself.

My family know me as the Diva, the strongest HIV+ woman they've ever seen. What they don't know is what happens when I switch off the lights and close the door, I suddenly am not so strong anymore.

You know, I love the holidays, I really do. But a part of me dreads them as well.

The 2009 WRI meeting aimed to identify and then prioritize research questions in order to determine the area of focus that would most significantly impact our understanding of HIV disease in women.

I would like for my daughter to be able to tell her daughter that when she was a little girl, there was something called World AIDS Day, but because of brave women like us, they don't have to worry about that anymore.