Category: Youth Scholars

My name is Bernard I work in Case Management for Volunteers of America Greater Baton Rouge. My unit is MAI which was established as a more hands on style of […]

I am a 24 year old Native Virginian who moved to New York City in 2010 to follow my dreams by pursuing a career in the dance industry dance as […]

Terrell Winder is a doctoral student in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research areas include race & ethnicity, sexuality, qualitative & quantitative research methods, and education. […]

Derrick Young, Jr. is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and has resided in Kansas City, Missouri the majority of his life. Young began his tenure at Grambling State University in […]

So my name is Matthew David Zavala and I am HIV positive. It will be 5 years in October a week before Halloween 2009 when I was diagnosed. I am […]

I am a second year doctoral student in the Preventive Medicine Department at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. My research interests include cultural health and sexual decision […]

I’m Dee, 24, of Columbus, Ohio. I’m multi-racial, being of Caucasian, African American, Colombian & Brazilian ethnicity. I’m a young professional currently working as an Allied Health Instructor. I have […]

Tranisha Arzah- is a queer identified African American woman living with HIV. Tranisha was diagnosed in 1990 at birth. Currently, she works as a Non- Medical Case Manager for BABES-Network […]

I am a fourth-year health education major and double minoring in health disparities and African Studies at the University of Florida. I am an HIV/AIDS youth advocate with an invested […]