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via UCLA School of Nursing This is a research study about the lived experience of women who received an HIV diagnosis in older adulthood and their thoughts about HIV risk, social support and the healthcare system. If you are a...

Many that know me through social media know that I guide and try to answer all the questions that come to me…I get thousands a month and with all the travel and work I do I can’t keep up sometimes...

As we approach National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10, 2015, my mind is taking a magical mystery journey... Start Date 1981, the beginning of what would be my 20 years as a Registered Nurse. There was...

Using Social Media as a Tool for Empowerment and Advocacy Webinar: Tuesday, March 10, 2015; 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm ET / 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CT / 10:00 am – 11:30 am PT To dial-in, please call 213-416-1560...

I was chosen to receive a scholarship to attend CROI (Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections) in Seattle from February 23-26, 2015. This is a conference geared toward the scientists, researchers and physicians within the HIV field. This year, they...

Well, where do I start? First of all, I am super proud in the wonderful opportunity I was given to be The Well Project's Global Ambassador. I continue to be on their CAB and of course my first love...blogging :)...

via Global Fund for Women DEADLINE: MARCH 5, 2015 Women and girls have the power and ingenuity to ignite change—but not unless they are equal players in science and technology. Right now, women around the globe are too often excluded...

I went to visit my mother a few weekends ago to check up on her and to just hang out. A few minutes into the visit, my father handed me an old passport and my kindergarten report card from overseas...

You know I always say I want to do so much more!!! Don't we all say that? We get excited about what we want to accomplish then somehow we get comfortable and not do it!!! That's me at times!!! Im...

I am what they call a long term survivor. I have been living with HIV for 25+ years. I have more good days than bad days thank God. I can remember a time when all I had were bad days...