finding balance

I'm choosing to live out loud—for the girl I used to be and for the ones who still think they have to shrink to survive. You don't. You can bloom right where you are.

There's nothing wrong with the way your mind works. In fact, it may just be your greatest strength.

I don't see myself, I'm trying to rediscover myself. I want to feel like myself again.

💔Stigma can be louder than the virus 🕊 Healing is not linear 🧠 Mental health matters 💉 Science saves lives 💪🏽 I am not a statistic

Last night, the Amsterdam Dinner Event once again proved its power as the Netherlands' largest annual fundraiser for innovative, life-saving HIV initiatives.

Chiiiiillleee... You ever get so caught up in life that HIV doesn't even have a space in your thoughts?

If someone can't look you in the eye while you're holding a mop, they don't deserve your attention when you're holding a mic, a title, or your head high.

Too often, I was told what I should say and how I should say it—by people working in HIV who do not have HIV.

It's not what others tell you about yourself; it's what you tell yourself that is important. You mold who you think and believe you are.

Nineteen years ago, I never imagined that I would one day have the strength to speak openly about my status in a leading HIV magazine. But here I am.