"[Presenters] talked about some common challenges and barriers to trans people advancing through the ranks in their organizations, such as tokenism, biases, microaggressions, and just plain hateful discrimination."

"This time of networking is as vital to an advocate as the workshops, because it's one thing to learn about HIV, but it's another to build relationships and alliances."

"Where are the deaf people living with HIV? Where are the blind people? Where are people with physical, intellectual, and other disabilities?"

"Their country was still at war. Yet, there they were, physically present, not withdrawn, not waiting for life to become normal, but standing among the global HIV community."

"Being the first is rarely about being fearless. It means coming out of the comfort zone knowing that the tribe will grow."

On Thursday, October 29, 2026, join cohosts Ciarra "Ci Ci" Brown, MS, HS-BCP, and Bridgette Picou, LVN, ACLPN, for episode 48 of A Girl Like Me LIVE as we recap our favorite moments and takeaways from USCHA 2026.

"Being in prison may take away person's freedom but it must never take away their access to life-saving medicines."

"I was there as a woman, as an advocate, as a changemaker, as a deaf person, and as someone who has spent years turning my own journey into lived experience for others."