12 years, 10 months. Approximately 4,687.27 days. A few drug regimens. Stigmatizing traumas. A HIV- negative child. What feels like 1,000 and 1 doctor's appointments. 502 stabs to my left arm. Because...
Take your time. Your life just changed in a very drastic way and all of the feelings you are feeling right now are completely valid- anger, sadness, fear- allow yourself to feel them all. Surround...
I want to thank everyone that has wished me a happy bday! Every year is a miracle to me!
The trajectory of HIV has changed dramatically in just a few decades.
The Well Project interviews Marissa Gonzalez, Community Advisory Board member and A Girl Like Me blogger, for our "Spotlight: Women Making a Difference" series.
This has just been running through my mind for a while now. When I tested positive for the HIV virus, I immediately felt that it was the worst that could happen to me! So, I started preparing my seven...
The seventh in our The Well Project Leadership Exchange series features a conversation between The Well Project community advisory board (CAB) member, HIV advocate, blogger, and author Destiny Smith and The Well Project CAB chair and WRI member Gina Brown, RSW, community engagement manager for the Southern AIDS Coalition.
The week of March 6 – March 10, 2021 I had the privilege of attending the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). This was my first time attending this conference, a conference made up of researchers, scientists, community members, and others.
I love being a woman! At this age and with all I've lived and learned, I love being a woman more and more!
I'm María Natalia Sáenz Agudelo. Seropositive woman, a " veiacheicera", to use a pretty word that a close friend of mine invented. Woman! Wonderfully woman!