Bridgette Picou (Red40something) is a nurse with several years of HIV and infectious disease experience, having worked at a combination ASO and federally qualified health center. She contributed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018 Treatment Works campaign and is an avid blogger with The Well Project. She also writes a guest column with Positively Aware Magazine called "Being Bridgette." She finds that in advocating for others she advocates for herself and affirms her own journey.