My name is Eliane. I am 43 years old and the mother of three children: Loris, 18 years; Rio, 13 years; and Akira, 11 years. I am marriedand am an artist and blogger at www.hivstigmafighter.com. I am HIV positive for 17 years.
My motto for life is: "If life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, you give it a thousand reasons to laugh."
After I was sent away as a volunteer in a hospital because I was HIV positive, the HIV Association supported me in a lawsuit, and the rules in the hospital were changed.
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