Olivia G. Ford has had the privilege of being part of The Well Project's team since 2015, beginning on a consultant basis and transitioning to the role of editorial director in early 2021. She has been engaged with HIV-related media since 2007 and previously held leadership positions with Positive Women's Network - USA, a national advocacy network of women with HIV; and at TheBody, a comprehensive Web-based HIV resource – both partner organizations of The Well Project.
Olivia has written and edited articles, developed award-winning content, and moderated discussions with community members and professionals on a wide variety of topics, including HIV and reproductive justice; HIV stigma in media; criminalization and racism; trauma and gender-based violence; as well as many aspects of becoming a parent while living with HIV. She has consulted with organizations and programs such as Echoing Ida, HIV Justice Worldwide, InPartnership Consulting, and the Sero Project; her work has appeared in Black AIDS Weekly, Positively Aware, POZ, and TheBody/TheBodyPro, among other outlets. Olivia recently relocated with her wife and kid from New Orleans to her hometown of Brooklyn.
In addition to working with The Well Project's medical editors to regularly review and update the website's resource library, Olivia also authored or collaborated on the following fact sheets:
- Abortion and HIV (with Barbara Jungwirth as primary author)
- Abortion Laws and HIV in the US (with Barbara Jungwirth as primary author)
- Advocating for Women Living With HIV in Prisons or Jails in the US (with Barbara Jungwirth as primary author)
- Can I Breastfeed While Living With HIV? (with Barbara Jungwirth as primary author)
- Cannabis, Health, and the Law in the US (with Barbara Jungwirth as primary author)
- Cannabis, HIV, and Your Health (with Barbara Jungwirth as primary author)
- Factors Affecting HIV Among US Women of Different Races/Ethnicities
- HIV Criminalization and Women
- HIV Symptoms
- Long-Term Survivors of HIV
- Moving Forward, Living with HIV: Considering Education or Training (with Vickie Lynn as primary author)
- Overview of Infant Feeding Options for Parents Living with HIV (with Barbara Jungwirth as primary author)
- Serodifferent Partners: Dating, Relationships, and Mixed HIV Status
- Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, Justice, Pleasure, and HIV
- Undetectable Equals Untransmittable: Building Hope and Ending HIV Stigma
- Women with Early Acquired HIV
- Why Language Matters: Facing HIV Stigma in Our Own Words (with Vickie Lynn as primary author)
- Why Race Matters: Women and HIV
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality
- Women and HIV in US Prisons or Jails (with Barbara Jungwirth as primary author)
