Check out The Well Project's A Girl Like Me LIVE!, an interactive, livestreaming series created to advance health and wellness education among women living with and vulnerable to HIV.
We did this! We shifted minds! We were made as examples and case studies in this journey, and we continue to, because we are determined to end AIDS by 2030.
As I continue forward, I am healthier than ever, stronger in mind, body, and spirit.
I have worn many hats over the years but my favorite, my passion, is advocate.
Today I celebrate 37 years of survival… and my health is the best it has EVER been.
It's far more difficult to live with people's perceptions of HIV than with the reality.
My life has not been in vain. My pain became a path. My voice became a shelter. My existence has allowed others to exist with less fear.
Help and healing are possible. It starts with one act of surrender and one conversation with someone you trust.
I am tired of...the cruelty. Tired of the lies. Tired of people who choose not to educate themselves when the truth is right here.
Sharing my stories and giving courage to others like me who can relate to some of my struggles and victories is a way I can give back to a community that has literally saved my life.