Video: Maria shares her experiences with HIV medication I’ve been HIV positive for 20 years, 10 of them without any HIV meds; and for the last 10 years I have been on HIV medication. If I could go back 20 years, I wouldn’t change a thing. I really believe (and this is only my opinion) [...]

YES! Not everyone is an activist! And we must respect this… not all people are prepared to come out of their HIV closet because others want them to. They are not less than anyone — many of them are still dealing with the shame that comes with the illness. Or they are trying to protect [...]

I have pride and I am a proud HIV- positive lesbian female. Coming from an ultraconservative Hispanic family, it was a very hard step for me to deal with many issues in my life and to be able to speak about them — or “come out,” as they say. I was very confused when I [...]

I want to be the voice for those who have been discriminated for living with HIV/AIDS or for supporting us! There are stories of people from all over the world that wrote me in my international group for people with HIV/AIDS, and the people who love us on Facebook. The stories moved me and I [...]

I spoke about this at the 6th Int’l Conference of Adherence and Prevention of HIV/AIDS. The big role your doctor plays in your life! It’s like a marriage… if there is no communication or respect, there will be a divorce, or a person being less adherent to their HIV medications. I’ve tried telling them how [...]

Video: Maria speaks up about HIV/AIDS medication I want to start by saying I am not a doctor or a scientist! I speak from my own experience as many of you know! I have been positive for 20 years, and I decided not to be on medication for the first 10 years and talk about [...]

Well, well, well. Where the hell do I start??? I am going to try to be as nice and sweet as possible! I had to give myself a day to write this. It started as another thing I posted on my Facebook HIV space, I posted an ugly, disgusting picture of a scorpion wrapped around [...]

I remember my first memory at the age of three, unlike some children that have wonderful memories of their childhood mine was a very traumatic one! I was molested by a family member at such a young age. It is hard to open up about this, because it has impacted my life in so many [...]