I am devastatingly tired. Today it is a weight pressing on my spirit. It is almost as if it's the only emotion I have room for.
Fighting the darkness within is a daily challenge, but to stop fighting is death.
The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) is a nursing organization that formed in 1987 to focus on educating and supporting nurses who work in HIV care, research, prevention, and policy. ANAC is...
My name is Marissa Gonzalez, originally from New Jersey, now living in sunny Southwest Florida.
When I found out I was HIV positive, I didn’t know much about the virus except for what I remember learning in my high school health class. I thought I was going to die young. I thought I would look...
When I was 27 years old I became pregnant with my daughter. After my first prenatal visit, I found out I was HIV positive.
My life has hit some major bumps in the road. Many because I chose not to deal with traumatic events in my life. I allowed them to build up in an internal closet and wore a mask as if everything were...
I was born into trauma and trauma has followed me throughout my life.
Living with HIV for the past 12 years has been full of ups and downs.
I am an African American woman living with HIV. I have been living with HIV since 1993 and diagnosed in January 1994.