Jessie Reed is a 52-year-old African American-Caucasian woman with a positive attitude that shines like the sun. Jessie has always had a positive attitude and an optimistic outlook on life, even after she was severely traumatized as a seven-year-old child when she witnessed her stepfather being murdered right in front of her. That is when Jessie began writing and realized that she loved writing and wanted to do it for the rest of her life.
She was diagnosed with HIV at 14 years old after having surgery to repair a broken neck, where she lost too much blood and was given a blood transfusion with contaminated blood. She was also pregnant with her one and only daughter, Deondra Mae Snyder. After her daughter was born in 1987, she was open about her diagnosis. Jessie experienced a lot of stigma and discrimination in her early years. Continue reading...
