Ciarra (Ci Ci) Covin is a human services scholar, with a special focus on leadership and organizational development. Ciarra has been a survivor of HIV since the age of 20 when she was diagnosed in a small rural town in the southern region of the US. She has found great strength and healing in using her master's degree in human services, coupled with raw life experiences, to advocate for those living with HIV.
Ciarra became a blogger for The Well Project when she brought her popular Healing Is Voluntary blog to the A Girl Like Me platform in 2018. She joined The Well Project’s community advisory board in 2020 and its staff, as program coordinator, in 2021. In her current role as senior director of community programming, Ciarra guides the planning and implementation of The Well Project programming, including funded projects, communications, and community-led initiatives.
