A Girl Like Me Contributors

I am an African American woman living with HIV. I have been living with HIV since 1993 and diagnosed in January 1994. I am 49 years old. I have two children, a daughter age 25 and a son 20. I am a divorcee and a survivor of an abusive marriage...

Soy María Natalia Sáenz Agudelo. Mujer seropositiva "veiacheicera" para usar la palabra bonita que se inventó un amigo muy cercano! Mujer! Maravillosamente mujer! Hija, hermana, pareja, amiga, amante y muchas otras cosas que han aportado a ser la...

My name is Maria Mejia. I am a Colombian female that lives in Miami, FL. I am a Global Ambassador, Community Advisory Board member and A Girl Like Me blogger for The Well Project. I've been positive for more than 30 years. I am an activist, a peer...

My name is Marissa Gonzalez, originally from New Jersey, living in sunny Southwest Florida since 2004. I am the youngest of four and the only girl. When I joined as a blogger with The Well Project, I had just turned 30 and was embarking on a journey...

Martha E. Lang is an educator, researcher, activist and long term survivor of HIV/AIDS. She holds a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology. She has taught and spoken widely on issues related to HIV/AIDS including her personal experience of living with the virus...

I am HIV positive, I am Healthy and I am proud of it. More than that I am a super girl in my eyes and I don't care what others thinks about me. But my dream is to make a better society. I can't say that I can make a discrimination-free society but...

Masonia Traylor lives in Atlanta, Georgia. As an adolescent Masonia was vigilant about HIV testing and was familiar with how it was transmitted. During a routine annual medical visit, she insisted on getting an HIV test, and was told by the provider...

I am Mel and I am well, healthy, happy and living with HIV. 46 years old, 14 years with the virus, and I believe with its help, I have finally grown up! Not quite a wise woman yet, but aware enough to know how far I have come and the journey still to...

Mina K. is a teenage girl who lives in the United States. Mina is a new blogger and a youth advocate. She writes about living with HIV, school, being adopted, friends, family, and things going on in the world. She wants to be a psychologist when she...

Michelle Anderson, Ms. Plus America 2011, is the first openly HIV-positive woman to ever run for, and win, a national pageant title. She currently resides in Dallas, Texas and is very active in her community as Lead Peer Educator/Programs Assistant...