I Rock the Red Pump for all those girls and women living with HIV/AIDS and to educate the rest of the girls and women of the world. I want to be a hand to hold, an ear to hear, and a shoulder to lean on for those battling this disease and for those who need [...]
Read moreBy Cristina Pena In 1986, my family discovered that I was HIV positive. I was one of only 20 infants in the greater Los Angeles area who had been born with HIV, before we really understood the virus and how to prevent its transmission from mother to baby. As a woman who has lived my [...]
Read moreBeing Latina and Naïve about HIV/AIDS I remember the first time I heard the word AIDS, right down to where and what I was doing: Mexicali, Baja – Mexico, pumping gas and still remember the paperboy screaming “Rock Hudson dies of AIDS, read all about it.” It only caught my attention because he was so [...]
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