A Girl Like Me in the News

Bridgette Picou.

Charles Sanchez and The Well Project's stakeholder liaison, Bridgette Picou, discuss the groundbreaking work at The Well Project, challenges that all women across the gender spectrum and nonbinary folks face when it comes to HIV issues, and more.

Nina Martinez, the first-ever U.S. person living with HIV (PLWH) to donate a kidney to another PLWH.

A new study shows positive health outcomes for three living kidney transplant donors with HIV – including A Girl Like Me blogger Nina Martinez, the first-ever US person living with HIV to donate a kidney to another person living with HIV.

Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin and Marnina Miller with details of A Girl Like Me LIVE event.

On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, The Well Project held the 29th episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE for a discussion on women, sexuality, and HIV co-hosted by Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin and community advisory board member Marnina Miller.

Women Like Us logo with QR code for Facebook group.

As part of our program Women Like Us – Aging Positively, The Well Project is excited to announce a new group on Facebook. This group provides women across the gender spectrum with a space to talk about their journey, share open dialogue, and ask the questions that matter as we age with HIV.

Flyer for event.

The Well Project's stakeholder liaison, Bridgette Picou, LVN, ACLPN is joined by long-time The Well Project collaborator and fierce advocate, Gina Brown, RSW to discuss different types of loneliness, factors unique to women that can increase these feelings, and the importance of building community as we age with HIV.

Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin and Lealah Pollock, M.D.

Physician Lealah Pollock, M.D., and advocate Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin explain how recent changes to U.S. perinatal HIV guidelines reveal an important shift in how we fundamentally approach the clinician-patient relationship with pregnant and infant-feeding people who are living with HIV.

Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin and Kim Canady and details of event.

A Girl Like Me LIVE creator/host Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin is joined by community advisory board member and pleasure guru Kim Canady in an interactive, candid conversation about sexual pleasure in the lives of women living with HIV.

Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin and Tonia Poteat with logo for A Girl Like Me LIVE.

This interactive discussion explored what contributes to scarce knowledge about women's experiences of living with HIV, how women can get involved in research, and more.

Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin, Heather O'Connor, and Masonia Traylor, and event details.

Watch this amazing video discussion, co-hosted by three women living with HIV, exploring ways to cope with mental health around the holidays.

The 2022 POZ 100.

This 2022 Poz 100 "spotlights the work of Latino advocates" including several of The Well Project's community members "who are making a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS."

Image

Members of The Well Project community at USCHA 2022.

Become a Member

Join our community and become a member to find support and connect to other women living with HIV.

Join now >

Hands of various skin tones linking pinky to thumb in a row.

Did you just test HIV+?

Newly diagnosed with HIV and not sure what to do? You are not alone.

Get help & information >

Do you get our newsletter?

¿Recibe nuestro boletín?

Sign up for our monthly Newsletter and get the latest info in your inbox.

Suscríbase a nuestro boletín mensual y reciba la información más reciente en su bandeja de entrada.

Katie Willingham, smiling, sitting on sofa with five small dogs.
Featured Content:

The Well Project interviews Katie Willingham, Community Advisory Board member and A Girl Like Me blogger, for our "Spotlight: Women Making a Difference" series.

You Can Help!

Together, we can change the course of the HIV epidemic…one woman at a time!

Please donate now!>