My name is Marissa Gonzalez, originally from New Jersey, now living in sunny Southwest Florida.
I was 11 years old when my mother and sister finally told me my mom had AIDS, my father had AIDS and I was born HIV+.
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...
Recently one of my blogs was shared on Facebook about me going back to online dating after finding out my positive status.
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...
My name is Evelyn Scalice and I'm a 32 year old mom of a 4-year-old little girl.
I was born into trauma and trauma has followed me throughout my life.
"What's changed?" is a question I've asked myself at least once every day since the diagnosis. What has changed about me? My answer is always the same: I'm the same ole Destiny. But in all reality, I...
Living with HIV for the past 12 years has been full of ups and downs.