Yolanda Ross is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Supervisor (LCSW-S) and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) with more than 11 years of clinical and addiction counseling experience. She is a […]
Yolonda Bell was not your average 17-year-old. While most teenagers were navigating high school, worrying about prom and college applications, Yolonda was facing a diagnosis that would change the course […]
Von Biggs, an advocate with over a decade of experience, serves as the Vice Chair for the RW Part A Planning Council, an alternate for the Integrated Planning Body, and […]
Victor Velazquez isn’t just a name; he’s a testament to resilience and community spirit. For three decades, he’s navigated life with HIV, embodying the essence of a long-term survivor. From […]
Tiffany Hartman-Stroud has graciously allowed HIV to live with her for over 30 years. Tiffany is a graduate of the Black AIDS Institute in California and holds a Bachelor of […]
Reginald Stroud, AKA Reggie, is a 61-year-old African American heterosexual man who has been living strongly with HIV/AIDS for over 20 years. Reggie is presently the Director of Education at […]
I moved to San Francisco in 1976. I was 21 years old. It was an incredible experience until the early 80s. People began getting sick. No one knew what was […]
Paul A. Aguilar is a fourth generation San Franciscan and a highly respected HIV/AIDS advocate. Deeply impacted by the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, and following […]
Nathan Townsend is a singer, songwriter, producer, motivational speaker, international trainer and presenter, professor, writer, social advocate, philanthropist, creative director, fashion designer and consultant, and world-renowned emcee. However, out of […]
In the 1990s, I was a single Black mother living with HIV. The support groups in the rural South were a 45-minute drive from where I lived, and either didn’t […]